Carved wooden model depicting a couple sitting on red cotton cloth on a wheelbarrow loaded with suitcase and cloth-wrapped parcel, while a man pushes it at the back. There are two sticks, arising behind the male passenger. This type of object was used by missionaries to explain life overseas to audiences at their talks while they were on home leave.
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