Duchampian Sliding Screens Salesman Sample (or Moire Pattern Making Machine) 1940s shuttlecocks 1 5/8" w x 1

1 5/8" w x 1 3/8" t x 1 5/16" w and in very good condition

I really love how the smaller front wheels tip this dog forward

they are traditionally used in initiations of young monks or during ceremonies as a visualization aid to invoke a deity or divinity or simply as a representation of the object of the offering ritual

3 13/16" in diameter x 3 1/16" tall

threaded on the inside--perfect for holding a few pills or some precious little thing inside

Duchampian Sliding Screens Salesman Sample (or Moire Pattern Making Machine) 1940s shuttlecocks 1 5/8" w x 1Another example of a thing made for one purpose, but which, recontextualized, feels quite like an artwork, this one feeling very Duchampian to me, including for his ongoing interest in thresholds and portals (doors, windows, peepholes, glass, etc..) I believe it was made as a salesman sample for sliding screens, here with three screens, each with handles for sliding them in one direction or the other. They can all be slid, one by one, to one side or