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

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.