Toy figure

Museum number:
9-11045
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011045
Alternate number:
373 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Toy 'sadhu' - holy man; painted clay; 8 1/2 cm. length; 7 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 (painted clay)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Human figures (visual works), Men (male humans), and 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 potter caste (kumhar)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 8.5 centimeters and width 7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Toy figure, accession number 9-11045, described as Toy 'sadhu' - holy man; painted clay; 8 1/2 cm. length; 7 cm. widthHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Toy figure, accession number 9-11045, described as Toy 'sadhu' - holy man; painted clay; 8 1/2 cm. length; 7 cm. widthHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Toy figure, accession number 9-11045, described as Toy 'sadhu' - holy man; painted clay; 8 1/2 cm. length; 7 cm. widthHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Toy figure, accession number 9-11045, described as Toy 'sadhu' - holy man; painted clay; 8 1/2 cm. length; 7 cm. width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy figure, accession number 9-11045, described as Toy 'sadhu' - holy man; painted clay; 8 1/2 cm. length; 7 cm. width

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