Medium — papier mache
SLV-0171
Somebody made one of me out of paper
Unattributed. Suspended from a tree in a yard on Delmas.
It was turning slightly in the wind and for a moment I thought it was somebody standing in a tree.
The snout is too heavy and it droops, and the fringe on the crown is cut in rows and every row is a different length. There is tape showing at the shoulder. Whoever built it ran out of patience at exactly the place I would have run out of patience.
Then I found out what it is for. They will hit it until it comes open and then everything inside it goes to the children in the yard, and the children keep what they can reach. I have thought about this for two days now, mostly at night. I would like to be that useful.
Office annotationDepiction in paper and crepe, suspended, height approximately three feet. The object is constructed to be opened by force. The likeness is not accurate. The Correspondent's account of the purpose is entered as given.