Miniature model of ship made by Barbara Krance

miniature model

MODELS - VESSELS - FULL
marad; models
Krance, Barbara
wood; glass; paper; hair
Overall: 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.

Miniature ship model made by Barbara Krance; 14 tiny sails and rigging of human hair mounted on 3/8" thick circle of wood, and the whole encased in a glass dome. [Barbara Krance used her daughter's hair for the rigging of this model; sails are made of cigarette papers, and the spars of bamboo.]

UNIDENTIFIED ship
1960.496