We have always considered and collected these commercial masks and helmets as industries tribal art. Examples can be elegant in their simplicity or bazaar and complex. They are always unique, suprising and filled with personality.
1860s Winter Style Static Electric Friction Machine
This is a Winter style machine. The black tower is very unique with what looks like a Galvanometer on the top. We have nor found another like it. 2 foot tall. ... $1600
