Torsion toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, string and card
Measurements
260 mm (height)
Place of origin
Greece
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663942
Summary
A torsion toy of an acrobat. Two wooden sticks with a piece of wood, a third from the bottom, keeping them apart. The top of the wooden sticks have a piece of string running between them and attached to this string is a jointed card acrobat. The acrobat's joints have been fastened with string and he has been coloured and given features. The acrobat is wearing green shorts and an orange top. His face has rosy cheeks, and he has black hair and a moustache. When you squeeze the bottom of the two wooden sticks (one of which is coloured yellow and the other green) the acrobat 'flips' over the string.
Marks and inscriptions
Outside of the right leg: 'KAPATKIOZH[E] / TOL[ ]A[ ]APH TH[ ] 011.287'