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DepartmentLatin America

Rooster toys

NameToys
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1960
Place madeMexico, North America
MediumWax, feather, wire, wood
Dimensions16 1/8 × 4 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (41 × 10.5 × 8.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.961X
Object numberA.1979.6.961X
DescriptionFeather cocks with wood or ceramic bodies, one pair with wax heads, bills and feet of quills - two cocks on separate wires attached to one small wood handle to be shaken to activate. // $10 ea.
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Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1920s - 1930s
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Artist Not Recorded
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Artist Not Recorded
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Artist Not Recorded
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Porcupine with Pencil Quills
Artist Not Recorded
Quillwork basket
Artist Not Recorded
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Artist Not Recorded
1995
Male doll
Artist Not Recorded
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