Cell Phone
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- Title Cell Phone
- Category Toy
- Medium Wood and marker
- Dimensions 4.5"h x 1.5"w
- Year Completed Undated
- Notes In 2001 cell phones were a symbol of prosperity, prestige, and modernization. It was not uncommon for people to pretend to be talking on a cellphone to act as if they were making a call, without paying the actual costs of a call. Children would mimic adults by carrying around and talking into detailed wooden replicas such as this.
- Artist Johannesburg, South Africa
- Credit John and Janet Yoder Collection
- Location Westminster Second Floor Wall Display Case
- Accession Number 2022.0177
- Status Checked Out
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