Acrobatic clown toy

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Title

Acrobatic clown toy

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This acrobatic toy clown was made prior to World War Two by Fairymark in Japan. Once wound up the clown would roll over. This toy belonged to Eileen Sampson who was given the toy in the 1940s when she was a young girl of about five. Eileen had only a few toys but they were very precious to her. She kept them safe all her life and then in 2014 donated them to Te Papa. Celluloid is an early form of plastic that was invented in the 1860 – 70s

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Format

Image

Date created

Circa 1941

Creator

Fairymark

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1437365

Related subjects

Clowns / Dolls / celluloid / metal / dolls / Japan / Eileen Sampson

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