Indus Valley Culture. Small Solid Wheel for Toy Chariot, ca. 2500 B.C.E. Hand-modeled terra-cotta, 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 37.94. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.63_37.92-.94_37.96_37.97_37.106_bw.jpg)
Indus Valley Culture. Small Solid Wheel for Toy Chariot, ca. 2500 B.C.E. Hand-modeled terra-cotta, 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 37.94. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.92_37.93_37.94_37.95_37.97_bw.jpg)
Small Solid Wheel for Toy Chariot
Asian Art
On View: Asian Galleries, Arts of South Asia, 2nd floor
CULTURE
Indus Valley Culture
MEDIUM
Hand-modeled terra-cotta
DATES
ca. 2500 B.C.E.
PERIOD
Indus Valley Civilization
DIMENSIONS
1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
37.94
CREDIT LINE
A. Augustus Healy Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Small solid wheel for a toy chariot (37.92), making a pair with 37.93, of reddish pottery. This wheel is attached to the chariot by a new wooden axle which passes through the lower part of the chariot. There is a projection around the hole on the inner side of the wheel, probably to keep it from rubbing on the side of the chariot. The wheel is not exactly round and its surface is rough and somewhat chipped.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Arts of South Asia, 2nd floor
CAPTION
Indus Valley Culture. Small Solid Wheel for Toy Chariot, ca. 2500 B.C.E. Hand-modeled terra-cotta, 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 37.94. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.63_37.92-.94_37.96_37.97_37.106_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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