Taxidermied Chicken Like Those Used in the Bird Brain

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Taxidermied Chicken Like Those Used in the Bird Brain
Tic Tac Toe Playing Chicken, Overall View, with Chicken

Object Details

Description

This taxidermied chicken is of the type used with the Bird Brain arcade game. It is white with red comb on a black plastic, wooden and metal base. The eyes may be glass; the red comb is painted. Corn husks and a corn cob are fixed onto the base with epoxy.

For an example of the Bird Brain, see 2004.0075.01.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Robert E. Bailey

Date made

2004

ID Number

2004.3022.05

catalog number

2004.3022.05

nonaccession number

2004.3022

Object Name

Chicken

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

feather (overall material)

chicken skin (overall material)

corn (overall material)

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 45 cm x 45 cm x 33 cm; 17 11/16 in x 17 11/16 in x 13 in

place made

United States: Arkansas, Hot Springs

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Entertainment

Psychology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-8209-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1276824