Toy boat; painted wood; bow: peacock’s head; stern: crocodile head. 16.5 cm length; 5 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (carved and painted)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Played with anytime by children. Made by men of the carpenter class "Suthar
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 16.5 centimeters and width 5 centimeters
Loans:
S1976-1977 #26: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (November 12, 1976–February 2, 1977) and S1985-1986 #8: Oakland Museum of California (September 16, 1985–April 16, 1987)