My favorite story is from another registrar at another museum. They had,
in their collection, a Christmas bowling game, with the elves as bowling
pins. It was described as "little men with big balls"


Perian Sully
Collection Information and New Media Coordinator
Judah L. Magnes Museum


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One of ours is turn-of-the-century silver palm tree w/a real cocnut bowl
affixed. The old cat. card reads in part: "A ghastly piece of Victorian
kitsch."

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