Internee-made oilcloth toy leopard
Date made: 1940s
Description: A leopard from a collection of handmade toy animals, made from oilcloth and handcoloured and decorated. Made by female civilian internees from Rushen Camp (Port Erin) during the Second World War. Sold in a shop in the Villa Marina Arcade used to sell internee craftwork.
Materials: oilcloth
Object name: toy
Collection: Costume & Textiles Collection
ID Number: 1994-0287/6
Subject tags : #WW2INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS