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Description: | TRUNK
Wooden block used to make the trunks for wooden toy elephants. One of 17 specimens illustrating the stages in making wooden cows and elephants. The technique used is one of turning a large block on a lathe to produce in cross-section the shape of the animal desired. Individual animals are then cut radically from the block and finished.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 12.3.58/15b
caption: Detail view of inscription of Horniman Museum object no 12.3.58/15b
caption: Detail view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 12.3.58/15b | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood stage of manufactures (pastimes: toys) Family and Home | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-107110 | Go to resource |
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