Vintage Salesman Sample Tire Vulcanizing Machine Venetian This item was one of

This item was one of a number of counterfeit pieces that attempted to be passed as original at a time when interest in Mayans and Aztecs was at its peak

This likely depicts a white-tail deer

This piece has a few chips in the paint

Notes: Signed and dated by artist

Splits into two pieces

Vintage Salesman Sample Tire Vulcanizing Machine Venetian This item was one ofVintage tire manufacturing and repair machine salesman sample. This piece would have been shopped around to various service stations and garages. Its purpose was to vulcanize tires, which, for the uninitiated, is a process where rubber (natural or synthetic) is heated to roughly 150 and treated with sulfur to harden the material. For garages and service stations across the country, this was a practical and cost effective way to repair tires,