Toy - carved model of lumberjacks - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73872 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 69.01 LYTHRACEAE Lagerstroemia indica | Entry Book Number | 21.1997 | |
| Artefact Name | Toy - carved model of lumberjacks | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Japan | TDWG Region | Japan | ||
| Parts Held | Toy - carved model of lumberjacks | Geography Description | Japan, Asia Temperate, Eastern Asia | ||
| Uses | Toy - carved model of lumberjacksUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Halliwell Brian | Donor No | |||
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| Collector | Halliwell B | Collector No | |||
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| Notes: | Japanese toy of cape myrtle and cucumber tree. Carved model of lumberjacks sawing a trunk. Passed to the Collections by Brian Halliwell. Toy is kobiki lumberjack. Toga village in Toyama prefecture, where an abundance of snow falls isori (a Japanese fi, replace) had been until recently essential to cope with the long winters. The people of the village used scrap wood as fuel for their isori. But today, cleaner, modern heaters are being used by almost everyone. Although the use of isoris has diminishe, d, the amount of scrap wood has not. Thus a few citizens of the village invented this toy to make use of the extra wood.x0Dx0APlants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016.x0Dx0AIn display 'Kew in the city' at Wizadry in Wood, Carpenters' H, all, Trogmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2JJ, Oct 12-15, 2016 (curated collection of wooden objects and rare timbers from EBC) | ||||
| Determinations: | 4.01 MAGNOLIACEAE Magnolia obovata 69.01 LYTHRACEAE Lagerstroemia indica | ||||