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What in the World?
What in the World? was the Penn Museum's popular weekly TV program that first aired in 1951. Unidentified objects were presented to a panel of experts who were asked to guess what in the world it was.
You can watch six of the remaining episodes at www.archive.org
As part of Philagrafika 2010, multi-disciplinary artist Pablo Helguera recently installed a What in the World interactive exhibition at the Penn Museum. Read more
What it is? Where and when was it made? What do you think it was used for?
- They are from Asian collection storage.
- That's the only hint you get.
Hints:
What it is? Where and when was it made? What do you think it was used for?
Hints:
- Consider the most basic of human necessities.
- Note the handle-like top.
- It's not African.
- What culture might use wooden tools like this?
- The answer may be a bit scary to some people.
Hints:
- It's not an ash tray.
- It has a deep groove in the middle that serves its main function.
- It's made of hard sandstone.
- Do you think the stylized face is human? Does this face look happy?
- What do you think the carved lines might be on either side of the groove in the middle?
