Title : Wire Toy Rickshaw
Accession No : 2001/8263
"A rickshaw, is a light, three-wheeled cart consisting of a doorless, chairlike body, mounted on springs with a collapsible hood and two shafts. This is a steerable, three-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the rider's feet. The front wheel of a bicycle is held in a rotating fork, and the wheels are positioned in line in a metal frame. The rider steers by swaying and turning handlebars that are attached to the fork while seated on a saddle. Pedals connected to cranks and a chainwheel are turned by the foot. This makes the cart move, it has multi- coloured wires like red, golden, blue and green. "
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Provenance
- StateDelhi
Condition
- ConditionGood
- Action NoteCNR
Dimensions
- Measurement (CMS)16.8 x 18 x 3.8
- Weight (GRMS)0.00
Description
- Description"A rickshaw, is a light, three-wheeled cart consisting of a doorless, chairlike body, mounted on springs with a collapsible hood and two shafts. This is a steerable, three-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the rider's feet. The front wheel of a bicycle is held in a rotating fork, and the wheels are positioned in line in a metal frame. The rider steers by swaying and turning handlebars that are attached to the fork while seated on a saddle. Pedals connected to cranks and a chainwheel are turned by the foot. This makes the cart move, it has multi- coloured wires like red, golden, blue and green. "
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- Reference" Barnard, Nicholas. Arts and Crafts of India. London: Conran Octopus Limited, 1993 Ranjan, Aditi. Handmade in India: Crafts of India. Edited by Aditi Ranjan & M. P. Ranjan. Ahmedabad: Council of Handicraft Development Corporations, 2007."
- KeywordRickshaw, Bicycle, Wire, Metal, Plastic, Fork, Toy, Wheel