C. 1940s Mechanical (Magic!) Cigar Fan, with Heart Studded Flowers promitive this makes it feel more

this makes it feel more like a photograph of a painting

In the span of a week I found a series of five carved marble and wooden books--two large ones

"River People") and Papago (Tohono O'Odham) are renowned for coiled baskets like this one

and with the right image printed more darkly than the left

C. 1940s Mechanical (Magic!) Cigar Fan, with Heart Studded Flowers promitive this makes it feel moreBeyond the novelty of this, as a cigar that opens to a fan, is the great delight of actually enacting that transformation, by slowly sliding the top upward; it feels akin, I would imagine, to pulling a rabbit from a hat! I also quite like the transformation of a phallic object into a full, crenulated, heart studded pink one! And closing it back up is equally satisfying. 5 1 4 l closed; 12 1 4 l open. Very good condition. C. 1940s or so, I believe.