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Timpo Toys
Category
Toys
Date
1970 - 1980
Materials
Plastic.
Measurements
Mexicans - 65 mm (height), Canoe - 60 mm (length); 30 mm (width); 50 mm (height), Raft - 90 mm (length); 90 mm (width); 75 mm (height), Indians - 70 mm (height), Wigwam - 55 mm (width); 160 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662176
Summary
A collection of plastic models consisting of: Three plastic model Mexicans on small stands. Two have red trousers and black gun belts, one has a green jacket and the other is grey, and they have yellow detachable sombreros. The third model has black trousers, a brown gun belt with a green jacket and a detachable sombrero. One yellow plastic canoe with two plastic model Indians wearing mauve shirts, one with red trousers holding a paddle and the other one with blue trousers. A brown plastic raft on which stand two Indians and a casket. One figure has fawn trousers, a blue shirt and a black hat, holds a brown gun and has a blue holster. The other figure has a yellow shirt and blue trousers with a brown holster. Four model Indians. Two have blue trousers and bare chests. One has a blue necklace and the other a red necklace. The figure with the green head-dress holds a spear and the other one has a red head-dress. Both are on small stands. The other two Indians have black trousers and white feather head-dresses. One holds a tomahawk and has a yellow belt and necklace and the other a yellow spear, red belt and blue necklace. Both are on small stands. A collapsible blue and beige wigwam in seven parts. Three blue parts are plain. Three blue parts have motifs. The beige part is the door. Total number of items is 16.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Moira Hammond in 2004.
Marks and inscriptions
On the base of all figures and inside of the wigwam parts: 'TIMPO/TOYS/MADE IN /GREAT BRITAIN'
Makers and roles
Timpo Toys , maker