Toy

Museum number:
5-6976
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
102 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Hoop; cylindrical stick bent into circle and tied with bark strips; dia. 41 cm. Used as a hoop by young boys and bowled around the ground with a stick. Toy.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Ukambani; Kamba (Murdock...44:2)
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hoop and stick games
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 5-6976, described as Hoop; cylindrical stick bent into circle and tied with bark strips; dia. 41 cm. Used as a hoop by young boys and bowled around the ground with a stick. Toy.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 5-6976, described as Hoop; cylindrical stick bent into circle and tied with bark strips; dia. 41 cm. Used as a hoop by young boys and bowled around the ground with a stick. Toy.

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