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1988

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1994

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2025

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Saturn Disc Base

This is a Base. It was designed by Peter Haythornthwaite. It is dated 1988 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is zinc, aluminum, moulded abs plastic, rubber. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of Arango Design Foundation.

Its dimensions are

3 x 9 cm (1 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Saturn Disc Base; Designed by Peter Haythornthwaite (b. 1944); New Zealand; zinc, aluminum, moulded abs plastic, rubber; 3 x 9 cm (1 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Gift of Arango Design Foundation; 1994-31-49-a,b

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