Toy Rooster
Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- Sold mostly at craft and folk fairs, toys like this show how artisans on the island have creatively used and re-used rubber, metal, paper, and other natural materials.
- Description (Spanish)
- Juguetes como éste, que se venden en su mayoría en las ferias de artesanías y cosas típicas, son prueba del modo en que los artesanos recurrían a la creatividad para reutilizar el caucho, el metal, el papel y otros materiales naturales.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- 20th century
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1211
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1211
- Object Name
- toy rooster
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22.6 cm x 14.8 cm x 106 cm; 8 7/8 in x 5 13/16 in x 41 3/4 in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Family & Social Life
- Vidal
- Title (Spanish)
- Gallo de Juguete
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Daily Life
- Toys
- Children
- Record ID
- nmah_602580
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-39bb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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