Toy

Museum number:
9-11577
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
Toy spear; wood stick covered with silver foil and blue paper; head is pink paper trimmed with silver foil (teardrop shape); Length 69 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1968-1970
Materials:
Paper (fiber product), Silver (metal), 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:
1970
Context of use:
toy - a spear, used in Ram Lila performances of Ramayana - per R. Lerner, cf. acc. file for memo. I. Jacknis
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 69 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 9-11577, described as Toy spear; wood stick covered with silver foil and blue paper; head is pink paper trimmed with silver foil (teardrop shape); Length 69 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 9-11577, described as Toy spear; wood stick covered with silver foil and blue paper; head is pink paper trimmed with silver foil (teardrop shape); Length 69 cm.

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