Cellphone case: Hi!

Object Details

Donor Name

Jennie Kappenman

Cellphone/mobile phone case, Tough Case for Apple iPhone 8 Plus. Design is a graphic representation of a waving penguin saying "Hi!" in front of/in the open mouth of a shark. See this 2015 interview with artist Jay Fleck: https://blog.threadless.com/artist-shop-spotlight-jay-fleck/ : "[Interviewer Shawn Gauthier:] Your work has such a whimsical, lighthearted quality to it. How did this particular style come to be? [Jay Fleck:] When I first started, I wasn't at all into cutesiness or whimsy. I worked mostly with simple shapes and geometric animals, and wasn't interested in characters and personality. As time passed, I became influenced by what other artists were doing. I'd see things that were cute and they'd bring a smile to my face, and I thought, why not? I started drawing animals in a more cartoony style; I think one of my first attempts was a design called "Hi!". I still had to give it some edge; it's a penguin about to be eaten by shark. I wasn't quite ready for full-on cute just yet." The case is green thermoplastic polymer with a matte black interior. A stylized graphic of a shark, with jaws open, about to devour a penguin, is printed on the back in dark green yellow red and orange. Impressed on the interior is the number 1P7P/8P. Portals created in the case provide access to phone buttons and plugs.

E437479 and E437480 are identical.

Record Last Modified

7 May 2024

Specimen Count

1

Culture

American

Accession Number

2090185

USNM Number

E437479-0

Object Type

Cellphone case

Length

7.75 cm

Height

16.08 cm

Depth

1.09 cm

Place

Shorewood, Will County, Illinois, United States, North America

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Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_16792229

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31cee51f5-39cb-43f4-9094-4bfdb956fbbd