Bazaar toy, wooden elephant standing on a green base. The elephant is cream with red markings on the face, neck and round the tail; with a howdah cloth and a cap in red, yellow and blue. Both of the ears have been broken and are detached from the object, exposing lack of paintwork and the wooden base.
toy animal
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