Bellows

AssociationAssociated with Navajo Nation

AssociationAssociated with Casa San Ysidro

Dateca. 1850

Mediumwood, leather, metal

Dimensionsclosed: 3 1/4 × 24 × 11 1/2 in. (8.3 × 61 × 29.2 cm)
open: 7 1/4 × 24 × 11 1/2 in. (18.4 × 61 × 29.2 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Ward Alan Minge

Object numberPC2005.45.16

DescriptionThis wood and metal bellows is constructed of two heart-shaped wood boards with handles, connected at the top and sides by a strip of leather and at the bottom by a leathered sleeve and funnel-shaped metal tube. The bottom board features two round holes placed near the handles for vents. The top board has one round hole near the handle, plugged with a wooden disc. Both boards have a narrow wood strip nailed horizontally across the widest part. The leather sleeve is nailed across the top board and extends only to the edge of the bottom board, covering the connecting strip of leather. The connecting strip nailed to the edges of both boards is wide enough to expand and contract. A hole is drilled into the apex of each handle for hanging. The top board encompasses a split down one side, and the wood leather backing vents are becoming loose.

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