toys created byMoroccan children

toys and the animal world

document made for the Facebook group

toys created by children

Celebrating children’s creativityin their self made toys froma multicultural perspective

www.sanatoyplay.org

Jean-Pierre Rossie

2009

toy animals are mostly created by boysseldom by girls

clay dromedary, Anti-Atlas, 2007

dromedary ofpalm leaves

Pre-Sahara1993

donkey of palm leavesbearing sacs

Central Morocco1995

small boy transported in the donkey’s sac, Anti-Atlas, 2008

donkey with rider in clay, Anti-Atlas, 2009

cow and donkey at drinking trough, Anti-Atlas, 2009

mule and mule-driver, High Atlas, 1992

courgettes (summer squash) potato peel and sticks

mule pulling cart, High Atlas, 1992wood, tin can, nails and other waste material

horses and men made with nuts of the argan tree, Anti-Atlas, 2005

Anti-Atlas

clay toys

dromedary transporting wood mule with muleteer Anti-Atlas, 2005

such painted cows and horses are exceptionalAnti-Atlas, 2004

mounted horse, Anti-Atlas, 2004

composite horse, Pre-Sahara, 2005lemon, reed, nails and waste plastic material

goats, Anti-Atlas, 2004

iron wire frame, goatskin, waste material

clay chicken with a fancy tailPre-Sahara, 2005

plastic bag chicken

Anti-Atlas 2007

turkey cut out of a sandal sole

Anti-Atlas, 2005

rat, Anti-Atlas, 2007duck head, iron wire frame, rags

preparing clay for making toys

Pre-Sahara1994

spiny-tailed lizard made with the prepared clayPre-Sahara, 1994

gazelles and scorpion woven withpalm leaves

Central Morocco1994

dinosaur in PlasticineCentral Morocco

1997

toy animal, gift of an emigrant visiting his family, Pre-Sahara, 1994

globalisation of toys and theintroduction of imaginary animals

Anti-Atlas, 1998

© Jean-Pierre Rossie

all photos taken by the authorexcept the photo of slide 19

taken by Khalija Jariaa