Artist's original title is considered offensive, so the museum staff have given the artwork a descriptive title.

The subject is a man humbling himself, although they were not really humble. The figure is a symbol of the Japanese taken in World War II. The wood is bois d’arc, the kind of wood you would make bows from.

From the exhibition: Willard Stone: Following the Grain, 2016.
Willard Stone, artist.