Spacecraft model

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OBJECT TYPE: display
DATE: 2014
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2014.0018.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Cavorite Sphere
LOCATION: Manila, Philippines

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Yellow-bronze coloured spherical mass [possibly mahogany wood with synthetic coating] has multiple "nodes" protruding from coffered panelled surface; mounted by means of silver metal post to round dark wood base.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 22.0 cm
Width: 22.0 cm
Height: 26.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Space Technology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Philippines
State/Province: Unknown
City: Manila

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: New/ never used.
Canada: Representative model of imaginary and futuristic (for 1901, that is) spacecraft and demonstrates the creativity in early thoughts about space travel and exploration. There is no Canadian context as such, but H.G. Wells’ book First Men in the Moon (1901) and the movie by the same title (1964) will be familiar to some Canadians. [Ref. 1]
Function: Small scale replica of three-dimensional object, created for display purposes.
Technical: The model has no real technical significance as it is constructed of wood but is representative of imaginary technology and the ways in which people have conceived of flight and spaceflight before it became a reality. [Ref. 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident.
Missing: Unknown- appears complete.
Finish: Yellow-bronze coloured spherical mass [possibly mahogany wood with synthetic coating] has multiple "nodes" protruding from coffered panelled surface; mounted by means of silver metal post to round dark wood base; black synthetic pads on underside of base.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Spacecraft model, 2014, Artifact no. 2014.0018, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0018.001/

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