Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1993-0001-0222 | |
| Category | Folk Toys | |
| Object Name | Fish on wheels (toy) | |
| Culture | Japanese | |
| Global Region | East Asia | |
| Country | Japan | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Kagoshima Prefecture | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Kagoshima Shrine | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1970s | |
| Collection Name | Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys) | |
| Materials | Wood; Paint; Bamboo | |
| Description | Figurine of a bream carved from a single piece of wood and painted in vertical red and natural colored stripes typical of a bream; Figurine is mounted on four wheels, fashioned from cross-section pieces of a tree branch that are mounted on small diameter wooden “axlesâ€, which in turn, pass through lengths of bamboo. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.5, Width = 5.8, Length = 15.5 | |