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Small Solid Wheel for Toy Chariot

Culture: Harappa
Medium: Hand-modeled terra-cotta
Place Made: Chanhu Daro, Pakistan
Dates: circa 2500 B.C.E.
Period: Indus Valley Civilization
Collections: Asian Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Arts of India, 2nd Floor
Accession Number: 37.93
Credit Line: A. Augustus Healy Fund
Image: Group, 37.92_37.93_37.94_37.95_37.97_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Small solid wheel for a toy chariot (37.92), making a pair with 37.94, 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.

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