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Description: | Completed wooden toy cow cut from a block and carved into shape, with ears, horns and teats added, and painted white overall with red patches. 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 12.3.58/15q
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 12.3.58/15q | 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-107140 | Go to resource |
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