Toy in the form of a turtle
- Description
- This small toy is in the shape of a turtle and comes from South America. It is made from twisted and woven plant material with its shell and eyes highlighted in a contrasting coloured plant. Similar methods would have been used to make baskets.
- Accession Loan No.
- 105/2003/14
- Collection Class
- Toys dolls and games
- Common Name
- toy in the form of a turtle
- Simple Name
- toy
- Full Name
- child’s toy
- Cultural Group
- Kuikuru
- Production County
- Amazon Forest
- Production Country
- Brazil
- Production Area Region
- South America
- Production Continent
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Family Group
- Material
- fibre (buriti palm)
- Function Name
- toy
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Collection Continent
- America
