"Gone Fishing" wall art owned by Melvin Van Peebles

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A “Gone Fishin” sign owned by Melvin Van Peebles. The sign is constructed of two pieces of wood – one panel of wood for the fish and one panel of wood for the rod, connected by metal wire. The side profile of the fish has a green, cream, orange, and yellow body with green, black, and cream fins, blue gills, and black eyes. [GONE FISHIN] is painted on the body of the fish in black and white block text. There are holes near the head of the fish and the smaller fin in which metal wire is strung through and wrapped around the wood fishing rod. The fishing rod features a green painted handle, a gray and black painted reel, a natural rod, and a black plastic cap at the end. There is no decoration on the back side.

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