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Miniature Billiken Figurine, Fairy Castle
Specifications
Miniature Billiken Figurine, Fairy Castle
Category
Art, Architecture, and Design
Classification
CHENHALL - Communication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts - Sculpture - Statue - Figurine
CHENHALL - Communication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts - Sculpture - Miniature
Object Origin
Date Created:
1928-1935
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Miniature brass sculpture of a seated budda-like figurine, though the face has a more comical or laughing expression. Figure is on a two (2)-tiered stand which has text engraved.
Materials:
brass
Marks: "BILLIKEN/THE GOD OF THINGS AS THEY OUGHT TO BE"
Measurements: Object:
Height: 0.8 in, Length: 0.4 in, Width: 0.4 in
Weight: 0.015 lbs
Credit
Gift of Colleen Moore, 49.129.407
Display Status
On Exhibit
Miniature Billiken Figurine, Fairy Castle
About: Miniature Billiken Figurine, Fairy Castle
About: Miniature Billiken Figurine, Fairy Castle
Placed on a shelf in the Library is a brass figure of a Billiken sitting on a pedestal. A Billiken is known as “The God of Things as They Ought to Be” and it is said that rubbing the figure’s belly or feet will bring good luck.
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