Cast #023 - Aluminum Field Ant Colony Casting

Aluminum Field Ant Colony Cast #023 - Front Picture.
Ant Type: Field Ants (Formica pallidefulva)

Cast Number: #023
Created: 5/24/2013
Cast Weight: 3.9 lb

Cast Material: Aluminum
Cast Dimensions: 15"x4"x6.5" (HxWxL)

Base: Round, 8" diameter, 0.75" thick
Base Wood: Walnut

Mount: Bolt through base and cast
Orientation: Upside Down
Description
I thought this was actually a carpenter ant colony because the colony and ants looked like carpenter ants to my untrained eye (at the time). I was surprised that it didn't look similar to the other carpenter ant colonies that I've done. Only after identifying and casting a few field ant colonies did I realize that this was one too.

Before this cast was mounted, it was part of the Double je exhibit at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France during 2016.