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What in the World? was the Penn Museum's popular weekly TV program that first aired in 1951. Unidentified objects were presented to a panel of experts who were asked to guess what in the world it was.
You can watch six of the remaining episodes at www.archive.org
As part of Philagrafika 2010, multi-disciplinary artist Pablo Helguera recently installed a What in the World interactive exhibition at the Penn Museum. Read more
What it is? Where and when was it made? What do you think it was used for?
Object Number Two:
Hints:
- Consider the most basic of human necessities.
- Note the handle-like top.
- It's not African.
- What culture might use wooden tools like this?
- The answer may be a bit scary to some people.
Object Number One:
Hints:
- It's not an ash tray.
- It has a deep groove in the middle that serves its main function.
- It's made of hard sandstone.
- Do you think the stylized face is human? Does this face look happy?
- What do you think the carved lines might be on either side of the groove in the middle?
