Bellows machine

Museum number:
9-11495
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
Tin-1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1969
Materials:
Cloth (commercial manufacture) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bellows (fire controlling equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
on the basis of the field notes this appears to used in a "tinning" process; his notes state that something (hindi) - Lerner thinks it may be mild sulphuric acid - is used to etch the surface before firing and tinning new surfaces.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 31.5 centimeters, width 17 centimeters, and height 23 centimeters
Comment:
bought in Delhi in 1969 for 20 rupees
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cm

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