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Toy bicycle
Object Number 985-17-50/12063
Display Title Toy bicycle
Descriptions
Object Description Bicycle. Tandem toy bicycle. Metal wire frame wrapped with strips of black rubber. Wheels and front handle bars move. Made by children. Length: 25.4 cm, ht: 12.5 cm.
Inventory Description Miniature toy bicycle, tandem seat, metal wire wrapped with black rubber strips.
Classification
  • Toy
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mossi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Upper Volta / Kadiogo / <County> / Ouagadougou
Materials Metal, Rubber, Metal wire
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 7 x 25.4 cm (4 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 10 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-17-50/12063
Provenance
Provenance Unknown
Collector Kendall A. Mix (1985)
Collector Robin H. Mix (1985)

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