H x W x D: 10 x 20.6 x 13.5 cm (4 x 8 1/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Type:
Sculpture
Geography:
Harare, Zimbabwe
Date:
Late 20th century
Label Text:
This gourd and woven fiber turtle is an inexpensive toy for local children but also a source of income as something that can be sold to tourists.
Description:
Turtle with a pyroengraved gourd shell and woven matting sewn onto the shell to form the head, feet and bottom.
Provenance:
Mildred A. Morton, Falls Church, Virginia, collected Harare, Zimbabwe, 1995 to 2000
Exhibition History:
Artful Animals, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., July 1, 2009-July 25, 2010
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