Automata Surviving artifact

Sixteenth-century clockwork friar

Mid-16th century

Speculative use · Tartarian imagining

Imagine a Tartarian sanctuary giving ceremonial gestures to a guardian powered by concealed clockwork.

An imagined use within Tartarian lore; its historic use is not established by this interpretation.

Where it survives

Smithsonian National Museum of American History collection

Washington, D.C., United States

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Collection reference: ME.336451 / nmah_855351

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