JP-8a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
TOY: Ceramic, painted. Carousel: Base (a) formed by a round disk to which a center post is affixed (red-orange and green). Canopy (b) is conical, decorated in triangular sections red, green and yellow with blue, red-orange and yellow half moons at the base of each section, and finished with a multicolored border. The top of the canopy is blue. 2 animals, a man and a devil are attached to the canopy via wire, which hook into loops in the canopy rim. The canopy rotates on the base post.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
John Paul
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 24, 2011
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole— diameter 7.8 centimeters and whole— height 13 centimeters