Toy Conestoga Wagon With 2 Riders
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Alison Brooks
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: TOY WAGON FRAME AND HORSE ARE MADE FROM BENT METAL WIRE, WRAPPED WITH RUBBER TIRE STRIPS. WAGON BED IS MADE OF BROWN CARDBOARD SEWN WITH NYLON THREAD. WAGON COVER AND CLOTHINGS OF THE RIDERS ARE MADE FROM BLUE AND PINK PAISLEY PATTERN CLOTH, SEWN WITH WHITE COTTON THREAD. THE RIDERS, ONE SEATED IN THE FRONT HOLDING THE REINS; THE OTHER PERCHED IN THE BACK, ARE CARVED FROM WOOD WITH FACIAL FEATURES PAINTED IN BLACK. THEY WEAR PAPER COWBOY HATS AND BOOTS MADE FROM WRAPPED RUBBER TIRE STRIPS. BACK RIDER ALSO HOLDS A RIFLE MADE FROM BENT METAL WIRE AND WRAPPED WITH RUBBER TIRE STRIPS.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "Made by a 14-year-old boy"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Rwanda, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416177
label: USNM Number
content: E428287-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Toy
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 69.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 29.8 cm