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Collector: Dr. Alison Brooks
Donor Name: National Museum of Natural History

TOY IS MADE OF BENT METAL WIRE INTO THE SHAPE OF A SEAT, HANDLE BARS, AND TWO WHEELS. FIGURE HAS STIFF BODY, COVERED WITH SHINY ORANGE CLOTH, SEWN WITH COTTON THREAD. LEGS ARE SOFTER, COVERED WITH PINK AND BLACK CLOTH, ALSO SEWN WITH COTTON THREAD. HANDS ARE ATTACHED TO HANDLE BARS WITH RUBBER TIRE, ALSO USED TO COVER WHEELS. PUSHING STICK IS MADE OF SLENDER WOOD STICK, ROUGHLY CARVED. ONE END HAS BENT METAL WIRE HANDLE WRAPPED WITH RUBBER TIRE. OTHER END HAS TWO METAL PRONGS ALSO WRAPPED WITH RUBBER TIRE.
Record Last Modified: 6 Oct 2021
Specimen Count: 1

Culture: Not Given

Accession Date: 23 Aug 2000
Collection Date: 1988

Accession Number: 416177
USNM Number: E428285-0

Object Type: Toy

Length - Object: 85.6 cm
Width - Object: 11.4 cm
Height - Object: 9.8 cm

Place: Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

See more items in: Anthropology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic: Ethnology

Record ID: nmnhanthropology_8502623

Metadata Usage (text): CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31ae5d43a-e45a-42a7-aec7-a26055f5dac5

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