Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Miraculum!
Object Number:
2009.53.10
Date:
1920-1929
Medium:
Paper, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (24.8 x 24.8 cm)
Description:
Fortune telling, mystical game with pointing hand that moves towards various answers in a circle; small circle has questions on both sides; cover of box depicts a wizard-like figure surrounded by images of mystical figures, text: "Novelty/ Miraculum!/ Questions Magically Answered. Self-Acting/ Bewildering and Perplexing!"
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. and Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
