IUMAA Teaching Collection: SC3067, Wire Car

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IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Accn# SC3067 Object: RECREATIONAL ARTIFACT—Toy Origin: Africa Material: Wire, rubber Description: Modern southern African children make their own toys from bits of discarded metal. These ingenious improvised toys have become well-known as tourist souvenirs, however, and are now often made for the foreign market.

Toy car made of wire and the wheels are made of wrapped plastic, the wheels turn and the wire toy rolls like a real car. The toy wire sculpture appears to be made of individual parts that are connected by coils of wire.