toy

Wire pushalong toy in the shape of a man playing the drums. As the toy is pushed along a Cruickshank mechanism moves the man's arms to bang the drum. Made out of re-used material in varying colours including yellow head and body, red and white arms and brown and black trousers. Drum made out of Kiwi Black Shoe Polish tin.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
HC.2013.47
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 236 mm x 91 mm x 235 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
tin; wire
CATEGORY
Education Handling Collection: Anthropology
LOCATION
Hands on Base > Right Hand Archive > pegs
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