DepartmentAsia

Mother and baby fish mobile with protective properties

NameTalismanic Mobile

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1968

Place madePhra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

MediumFan-palm fronds, paint

Dimensions45 1/4 × 13 3/16 × 4 1/2 in. (115 × 33.5 × 11.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.28.807

Object numberA.1981.28.807

Collections

Asia

DescriptionCut, woven, painted, cane. Red background. Yellow, black, white, green scales. Cupola top, 12-point star connected to large fish, 3 strings with 1 cupola, 3 fish. Each piece decorated with fruit, red with gold calyx. Many connecting diamond shape with 2 wings connecting fish and fruit.