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Aerostatic Globe
Aerostatic Globe
Aerostatic Globe
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Aerostatic Globe

NameAerostatic Globe
Artist Artist not recorded
Datelate 1800s
(not assigned)México
Place madePuebla, Mexico, North America
Mediumbulb, ceramic (porcelain?)
Dimensionsoverall: 24.5 CM L X 6 CM DIA.
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1973.86.2
Object numberFA.1973.86.2
DescriptionPiece consists of an old-fashioned electric bulb which is surrounded by an encasing of yellow crochet which holds the bulb intact. Attached to this, at bottom, is a miniature ceramic (porcelain?) doll on a swing.Use: toy; one of kind; (Exhib. Fant. Imag. Dec.73-6/74.
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