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Effect

Chinese Production of Doves

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time
4 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
None

This production is not only adapted to doves but to other small animals or objects. The apparatus may also be made large enough to produce a large duck or chicken.

Performer shows an empty pan or bowl and covers it for a moment with a board. Then he raises the board, and two doves fly out of the pan.

How it is done

The method, 9 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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