Torsion toy
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1920
Materials
Wood and string
Measurements
142 mm (length); 99 mm (width); 300 mm (height)
Place of origin
America
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660281
Summary
A wooden jumping jack toy with a jointed acrobat painted with pink, green, orange, purple and blue spots. Each hand is drilled with two holes through which string is threaded. The other end of the string is wound around the top of the 'H' shaped wooden stand which is supported on a rectangular wooden base. The figure hangs suspended and rotates around the string.