Clay Toys in the Collection of the Romanian National Peasant Museum
Journal Title: Martor. The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review - Year 2013, Vol 18, Issue 18
Abstract
The patrimony of the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant contains a special category of objects: clay toys. The almost 2000 pieces constitute a veritable world in miniature. People, birds, animals, as well as copies of traditional kitchen utensils were skilfully shaped by master potters for use in children’s games. These toys take the following forms: „primitive” musical instruments, anthropomorphic miniatures (men, women in crinolines), avimorphic and zoomorphic (chicken, hen with chicks, peacocks, dogs, rams, horses, horses with riders, bears, lions), as well as miniatures modelled on traditional kitchenware (pots, cups, jugs, plates, platters, cake pans). Their moulding was accomplished either manually, that is on the wheel, or by pressing the clay into templates.
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Georgeta Roșu
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