Toy snake
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, plaster and wood
Measurements
Stick - 350 mm (length); Snake's head - 38 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665391
Summary
A toy snake made of black and white printed paper, folded like a concertina, with a plaster head painted brown with black and yellow eyes. A narrow red, possibly paper, tongue is protruding from a hole in the snake's mouth. The folded paper body ends in a paper cone which is attached by wire to the centre of a stick. A piece of thread is attached to the snake's plaster head and is tied around one end of the stick. Thus the snake bobs up and down and sways from side to side when the stick is moved.