toy musical instrument, stringed; clay, bamboo, paper, wood, wire; paper on sounding box slightly torn; 47 cm length; 10 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur district
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
July 1969
Materials:
Bamboo (material), Clay, Paper (fiber product), and Wood (plant material)
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:
used anytime by children as musical instrument; made and sold by men wandering through the streets carrying basket of toys on head and playing one. see bow, 9-10952. made by men of low caste and sold in streets.