Woggle
Description
A scout's carved and painted wooden woggle in the shape of a bear's head. The eyes of the bear are nearly closed.
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Object detail
Artist/Maker
Production role
Presumed Artist
Production place
Subject person
Classification
Collection
Credit line
It
is
thought
this
woggle,
which
scouts
use
to
thread
their
scarves
through,
was
carved
and
decorated
by
the
prominent
Taranaki
scout
leader
Fred
Coleman.
It
may
have
been
Coleman's
personal
woggle,
given
his
scouting
name
was
Baloo,
after
"the
sleepy
brown
bear
who
teaches
the
Wolf
Cubs
the
Law
of
the
Jungle"
in
The
Jungle
Book
by
Rudyard
Kipling.
Accession number
PA2011.036
Collection type
Material
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