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Wooden bellows in the shape of a tear drop. Two stripes of dark orange fabric wrap around the bellow near the intake nozzle.
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Blacksmith's bellows used in a Romani (Gypsy) encampment

These blacksmith's bellows were used by Romani (Gypsy) artisan Juri Cervenuak in Trebisov, Slovakia, in 1939. Many Roma traditionally worked as craftsmen and were blacksmiths, cobblers, tinsmiths, horse dealers, and toolmakers. 
 

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