Title
Figurine of Young Pioneer
Year/Period
1960s-1970s
Region
China
Material
Dimension
Object size: H 31 x W 18.5
Accession No.
1997-04874
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr Xu Cheng Bin
Chairman Mao recognised the importance of youths and children as successors of the revolution. This porcelain bust is of a boy wearing a Young Pioneer uniform as identified by the red scarf. Young Pioneers is a youth organisation for children in the People's Republic of China. They comprise children from the ages of six to fourteen. At 14, they may go on to join the Communist Youth League. The Young Pioneers were later replaced by the Little Red Guards, who were the younger Red Guards.
