Description
Assemble an intricate multicolor peacock model, tail fanned in full display, from 3.5 pre-printed flat metal sheets. In the art and decorative traditions of South and East Asia, the peacock has long signified royalty, grace, and immortality, and its iridescent tail is a frequent motif in art across the centuries. The 102 pieces snap together with tabs and slots—no glue or soldering needed.
Museum Story
The National Museum of Asian Art is a global resource for understanding Asian arts, cultures, and societies and their intersection with the United States. Opened in 1923 as the country's first national art museum, it now stewards one of the world's best collections of Asian art, which date from antiquity to the present, from China, Japan, Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Ancient Near East, and the Islamic world (including Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa). The museum also holds an important array of 19th- and early 20th-century American art of the Aesthetic Movement.
Details
- Metal
- Age 14+
- 7"L x 3.1"W x 9.5"H assembled
- Made in China
