toy figure

Model of a street vendor selling utensils. The figure, representing a flea, is made from small crab claws and a willow bud. The equipment is made from thin card, painted yellow and blue, with strips of bamboo and grass. The whole set stands on a rectangle of plain card.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1970.390
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 42 mm x 71 mm x 41 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cardboard; crab claw; bud
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Perspectives > Museums perspective - back wall
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