a papier-mach' dinosaur

'In class Barr sometimes held up an egg, asking, 'How does that impress you'' Then he would send the girls rummaging through the dime store for well-designed objects to display in class. The best still life composed of these objects would win a prize, perhaps a papier-mach' dinosaur. . . .'

'Alice Goldfarb Marquis, from Alfred H. Barr Jr: Missionary for the Modern, 1989.