DepartmentEurope

(Pair) Miniature Wood Giraffe(s); "Gipi Milano"

NameMiniature Wood Giraffes

Artist or maker GIPI - Grupo Italiano Prima Infanzia (Milano, Italia)

Datemid 20th century

Place madeItaly (?), Europe

MediumBalsa Wood

Dimensions3 1/8" h x 1/2" w x 2 1/2" d

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.

Object numberA.1995.93.1829V

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionA pair of giraffes; simple, angular figures; made from natural colored balsa wood and assembled. Part of a group of animals (1827V, 1829V, 1831V, 1833V).

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