Pal's Pal
Carries a carving of Pal, a parrot from a Missoula floral shop. A carved frog on a front hoof playfully compensates for the missing anatomical frogs on its hooves.
- Category
- Horses
- Sponsor
- Gerald and Ethel Diettert
A Carousel for Missoula inventory.
Role: Permanent pony.
Design: John Thompson. Carving: head and neck, Mike Peck; body and legs, Jerry Diettert; frog, Mike Peck. Sanding: Gregg Dalton, Ron Anderson, Ione Briedlander, Jerry Diettert, Ethel Diettert. Painting: Kathy Lynch; priming: Ethel Diettert.
Video reading: seat 14C in footage dated June 29, 2024. View this section. This is a source-era best reading, not a verified current placement.
Historical description and credits: https://carousels.org/psp/Missoula/Palqts%20Pal.html
The NCA gallery includes photographs dated April 2004; current placement is not established by these captions.