Toy snake
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Postage stamps, paper, fabric and cork.
Measurements
1110 mm (length); 27 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664023
Summary
A toy snake made of hundreds of postage stamps which have had their corners rounded, and are threaded together. A broken cork covered in red fabric forms the head. Between the cork and the stamps is a button. The tail end of the postage stamps is finished with a knotted red, woven tape.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr M. J. Gatfield in September 1975.