String toy
Louis Marx and Co., Inc.
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic, cardboard and metal
Measurements
Monkey - 155 mm (height), Box - 120 mm (width); 166 mm (height); 47 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Hong Kong
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661624
Summary
A hollow brown toy plastic monkey with jointed arms and legs made by Marx Toys. It has a pink plastic face with moulded and painted facial features, and is wearing a moulded plastic orange waistcoat, red hat and red bow tie. A length of transparent plastic string is threaded through the feet, body and hands. At each end of the string is an orange plastic loop. When held in a vertical position and each loop is pulled apart the monkey ascends or descends the string. The monkey is inside its original colour printed cardboard box which is illustrated with images of the monkey. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of box: Distributed by Louis Marx and Co., Inc., Stamford CT 06906 A Subsidiary of the Quaker Oats Co., MADE IN HONG KONG
Makers and roles
Louis Marx and Co., Inc., distributor