H x W x D: 17 x 15.6 x 30.7 cm (6 11/16 x 6 1/8 x 12 1/16 in.)
Type:
Sculpture
Geography:
Inhambane, Mozambique
Date:
Late 20th century
Label Text:
What kind of toys do you have? Are they copies of real things?
African children play with many of the same types of toys that you do. They make some themselves out of materials they find.
Description:
Toy truck of flat pith like slats forming a closed cab, open bed, four wheels.
Provenance:
Volkmar Wentzel, Washington, DC, -- to 1980
Exhibition History:
BIG/small, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., January 17-July 23, 2006
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