Toy cot

Museum number:
9-14895
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3464
Object count:
1
Description:
Toy cot (charpai: "four feet"): Wood frame with four red lacquered and turned legs; bed of cot is pink, yellow, and green dyed possibly jute fiber in cross-weaving with distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side; over and under appearances. height: 8.6cm. length: 21.5cm. width: 16.5cm. Context: toy. miniature of traditional cot. See 9-14896ab for crochet hooks. Collector's note: "The cross-woven charpai filling is done by a crochet technique using two hooks, one for each side. This is the only technique for cross weaving she has seen in India. it always produces a distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side. Most of the tension is held in this row. Always worked in a loop of two strands width." IMA full size charpai (different weave 9-11488).
Donor:
Susan Jamart
Collection place:
Ahmedabad, Gujarat State, India
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Toy cot, accession number 9-14895, described as Toy cot (charpai: "four feet"): Wood frame with four red lacquered and turned legs; bed of cot is pink, yellow, and green dyed possibly jute fiber in cross-weaving with distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side; over and under appearances. height: 8.6cm. length: 21.5cm. width: 16.5cm. Context: toy. miniature of traditional cot. See 9-14896ab for crochet hooks. Collector's note: "The cross-woven charpai filling is done by a crochet technique using two hooks, one for each side. This is the only technique for cross weaving she has seen in India. it always produces a distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side. Most of the tension is held in this row. Always worked in a loop of two strands width." IMA full size charpai (different weave 9-11488).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Toy cot, accession number 9-14895, described as Toy cot (charpai: "four feet"): Wood frame with four red lacquered and turned legs; bed of cot is pink, yellow, and green dyed possibly jute fiber in cross-weaving with distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side; over and under appearances. height: 8.6cm. length: 21.5cm. width: 16.5cm. Context: toy. miniature of traditional cot. See 9-14896ab for crochet hooks. Collector's note: "The cross-woven charpai filling is done by a crochet technique using two hooks, one for each side. This is the only technique for cross weaving she has seen in India. it always produces a distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side. Most of the tension is held in this row. Always worked in a loop of two strands width." IMA full size charpai (different weave 9-11488).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Toy cot, accession number 9-14895, described as Toy cot (charpai: "four feet"): Wood frame with four red lacquered and turned legs; bed of cot is pink, yellow, and green dyed possibly jute fiber in cross-weaving with distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side; over and under appearances. height: 8.6cm. length: 21.5cm. width: 16.5cm. Context: toy. miniature of traditional cot. See 9-14896ab for crochet hooks. Collector's note: "The cross-woven charpai filling is done by a crochet technique using two hooks, one for each side. This is the only technique for cross weaving she has seen in India. it always produces a distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side. Most of the tension is held in this row. Always worked in a loop of two strands width." IMA full size charpai (different weave 9-11488).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy cot, accession number 9-14895, described as Toy cot (charpai: "four feet"): Wood frame with four red lacquered and turned legs; bed of cot is pink, yellow, and green dyed possibly jute fiber in cross-weaving with distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side; over and under appearances. height: 8.6cm. length: 21.5cm. width: 16.5cm. Context: toy. miniature of traditional cot. See 9-14896ab for crochet hooks. Collector's note: "The cross-woven charpai filling is done by a crochet technique using two hooks, one for each side. This is the only technique for cross weaving she has seen in India. it always produces a distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side. Most of the tension is held in this row. Always worked in a loop of two strands width." IMA full size charpai (different weave 9-11488).

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