Name/Title
WhirligigEntry/Object ID
Artifact 254Tags
ArtworkDescription
Wood base with metal and wooden parts mounted on top, with gear of an eggbeater and with 4 metal wings where handle of eggbeater would be.
Small wooden boat and rower mounted on wood base, and attached to blade mechanism to move.
One of several whirligigs at Club made by member Bob Hoff.
See Artifacts 217, 218. Three are in a triathlon series: runner, rower, swimmer.
See Log articles:
Summer 1992 p. 2, 3, 9,11 article on Bob & whirligigs by Nancy Friedman - 4 pg pdf attached.
Spring 2002 p. 15 for photo of Bob with whirligigs.
Also mentioned Log Winter 1999 p. 8 in President's Report and in Log Fall 1998 (image below).Made/Created
Notes
Cataloged by Rick Bond 8/27/17Dimensions
Height
18 inWidth
14 inLength
12 inLocation
Notes
Whirligig was mounted on wall around sun deck when cataloged. Some minor repairs by members Eloise Warren/Todd Bloch, curators Maritime Museum. Then returned to club in 2019 and stored in attic.
