toy figure

Model of a street vendor selling drinks. The figure of the seller is made from a willow bud and crab claws, and is supposed to represent a flea. The equipment, cupboard and table with cups are joined by a thin strip of bamboo representing a carrying pole, and are made of thin card painted yellow, red and green. The whole stands on a rectangular base of thin card.

Collected by Professor P. Latham and his wife in Peking in 1937.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1970.388
Date
20th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 41 mm x 68 mm x 41 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cardboard; crab claw; bud; bamboo; seed
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Perspectives > Museums perspective - back wall
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