Specimen H-1 · Survey Respondent A
Wider
The Institute’s first catalogued specimen. Has asked for a wider jar 3,880 times.
Catalogue record
In collection
- Catalogue no.
- H-1
- Acquired
- 1702
- Origin
- Found in the Institute’s flour bin, the week the jars arrived
- Height
- 6¾ in
- Hands
- Large
- Jar
- No. 1 (replaced in 1960 by a bucket)
- Temperament
- Restless, spatially ambitious
Notes
H‑1 was found in the flour bin in 1702, a week after the Institute’s first seven jars were delivered. Whether it arrived with the jars or came looking for one is still debated.
It has one word, and uses it often. Each request for a wider jar has been granted. The current jar is a bucket. The bucket is under review.
Observation log
- 1702 Found in flour. Covered in flour. Said “Wider” before anyone had said anything.
- 1849 Moved to Jar No. 1, a wide-mouthed jar. Said “Wider.”
- 1960 Moved to a bucket. Paused. Said “Wider.”
- 2024 Replied to the Jar Preference Survey. Answer: “Wider.”