Toggle of a Boy

Datec.1900

Place of ManufactureAsia

MediumMaterial: ivory; metal; fibre

DimensionsOverall: 5.3 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART

Credit LinePhilip and Barbara Steel Bequest

Object numberSC1273

DescriptionToggle is in the shape of a small boy with two hair plaits, hands at his waist and wearing an apron. There is an object slung over his shoulder. There is a perforation through the head and torso with a metal fitting that attaches to a necklance of woven fibre rings.

Status

Not on view