Object Details
- 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.
- Description (Spanish)
- El fuelle es un artefacto que se utiliza para soplar aire a fin de encender y avivar el fuego. Este fuelle hecho a mano proviene de la Joyería Bairan, una tienda de joyas de la Calle Fortaleza en
- San Juan. En esta joyería se han creado muchos milagros de plata, para cuyo proceso de elaboración probablemente se utilizó este fuelle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- mid 20th century
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.0517
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.0517
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- Object Name
- Bellows
- bellows
- 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
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Work
- Vidal
- Title
- Bellows
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Daily Life
- Jewelry
- Record ID
- nmah_601906
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-39f4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
