Toy representing three chickens pecking seeds on stand; clay, wood; 15 cm. length; 11. 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
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Clay
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; held by handle, turned in circular direction so that weight moves, causes birds to peck. Made by carpenter class- "suthar
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 15 centimeters and width 11 centimeters
Loans:
S1976-1977 #26: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (November 12, 1976–February 2, 1977)