Bellows
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Artifact Overview
Have you ever fanned a fire? Historically, people used bellows to create updrafts of air to help ignite or sustain a fire in a hearth or stove. Moving the handled wood panels back and forth captured air in a leather chamber and expelled it out a metal nozzle. Some bellows were simple and undecorated; others were elaborately painted or carved; all were utilitarian.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Bellows (Fire controlling equipment)
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2022.0.22.379
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Leather
Color
Brown
Gray (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 3 in
Width: 9 in
Length: 17.5 in
Inscriptions
stenciled on one side:
[worn off]ALFSKIN [worn off] / [worn off]YCL[worn off]
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