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ANONYMOUS - Blowing Moor (steam blower)

Place: Museo Correr, Venice, inv. Cl. XI n. 790
Dimensions: 28x17 cm
Materials: fibreglass
Date: 1995

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This head-shaped lid fit on a vessel full of water placed on the fire. When the water reached boiling-point, it turned into steam, which was released from the Moor's mouth with a hiss.

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