Doll's house parrot
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Peanut, crepe paper, wood and metal.
Measurements
90 mm (height); 30 mm (depth)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660654
Summary
A doll's house size painted parrot perched on a metal and wooden stand. The parrot's body is possibly made from a peanut (the nuts can be heard rattling inside), its tail is made of crepe paper and its legs are made of grey pipe cleaners. The parrot is green with white around its black eyes. Its beak is red and the front of its body is yellow. The parrot's long tail feathers are green, red and yellow.