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Miniature Wood Penguins
Miniature Wood Penguins
Miniature Wood Penguins
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentEurope

Miniature Wood Penguins

NameMiniature Wood Penguins
Maker GIPI - Grupo Italiano Prima Infanzia (Milano, Italia)
Datemid 20th century
Place madeItaly (?), Europe
MediumWood
Dimensions1 1/4" h x 1/2" w x 1" d each
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.
Object numberA.1995.93.1833V
DescriptionA pair of penguins, one male and one female, female has an egg; figures are carved and sanded. Part of a group of animals (1827V, 1829V, 1831V, 1833V).
Miniature Wood Sheep
GIPI - Grupo Italiano Prima Infanzia
mid 20th century
(Pair) Miniature Wood Giraffe(s); "Gipi Milano"
GIPI - Grupo Italiano Prima Infanzia
mid 20th century
Miniature Wood Alligators
GIPI - Grupo Italiano Prima Infanzia
mid 20th century
Miniature Wood Pelicans
GIPI - Grupo Italiano Prima Infanzia
20th Century
Miniature Wood Anteaters
GIPI - Grupo Italiano Prima Infanzia
20th Century
Miniature Peacock
GIPI - Grupo Italiano Prima Infanzia
20th Century
Wire basket, "African birds"
Vincent Sithole
ca. 2005
Tramp art crucifix
Artist not recorded
late 19th-early 20th Century
Tramp art plaque with birds and penguin
Artist not recorded
late 19th-early 20th Century
BOWL
CA 1959, STAFF
Tramp art crèche
Artist not recorded
late 19th-early 20th Century