Marsyas Small Down
By
Liz Clifford
1996
Liz Clifford
The installation of the woven horn-like piece in the thorn tree is an evocation of Marsyas the sprite, who challenged Apollo to a flute playing contest but lost. Apollo then flayed him and hung him in a tree.
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