Fuelle
- Description
- A bellows is a device for pumping air to get a fire started and to make it hotter. This handmade bellows was collected from the Joyería Bairan, a jeweler's shop on Calle Fortaleza in San Juan. This jewelry store produced many silver ex-votos, probably using this bellows in the process.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bellows
- Date made
- mid 20th century
- Physical Description
- metal; wood; twine; rubber; vinyl (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- twine (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 cm x 22.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 7 1/2 in x 8 7/8 in x 12 in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.0517
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.0517
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- subject
- Daily Life
- Cultures & Communities
- Puerto Rico
- Jewelry
- Work
- Vidal
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Vidal
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Title
- Bellows
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
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