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Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-30705, described as WOODEN TOY: Movable wooden toy featuring a picador on horseback and a bull. When a center button is depressed, the picador and horse lunge forward to spear the bull in the withers as it lunges forward as well. White wood, painted fuchsia, black yellow and turquoise.

Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-28951, described as Toy. Cockfight; two birds made of paper, feathers and wax attached to the ends of long wires which are put into wooden handle. lg. - 52 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-29030, described as Toy, coffin (Day of the Dead). Coffin containing a skeleton, coffin lid and skeleton rise when attached thread is pulled. Coffin made of thin wood, painted black; skeleton made of clay painted white and black. Ht. 3.8 cm, Length 13.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-29029, described as Day of the Dead toy. Model of corpse laid out on a palette, made of sugar paste. White and brown head. One corner of palette is broken and glued, one corner broken and missing.

Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-29027, described as Toy. FUneral procession (Day of the Dead). 7 figures with coffin made of paper with dried chick-peas for heads representing an ecclesiastic funeral procession; mounted on a scissor arrangement of flat sticks so that procession can be made to move, sticks stained green. figures--ht: approx. 7.5cm

Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-30708, described as WOODEN TOY: Pecking bird. Articulated bird (painted fuchsia and turquoise w/ white markings) affixed to a slotted platform w/ an acorn cap affixed to one end. A string, attached to the bird’s head and tail, passes through the slots in the base and is weighted with a small bead of clay. When the bead moves the bird bobs it’s head into the “dish” and it’s tail bobs.

Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-29028, described as Toy, coffin (Day of the Dead). Model of a coffin made of sugar paste, colored blue with inscriptions in pink, white feet, one broken. Ht. 7.0 cm, Length 14.0 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-30706, described as WOODEN TOY: Wooden bird on a 4-wheeled platform. Wheels roll. Bird is painted fuchsia w yellow tail, green beak and natural wood head – all highlighted with black. Cart surface is green.

Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-30707, described as WOODEN TOY; Carousel: formed with a base and roof separated by two narrow poles, and painted purple, green, red and yellow. At center is a central pole to which wooden cross pieces are attached via a central post which passes through them. On each end of the cross pieces sit a child made of painted plaster. Clothing and facial features are roughly painted. Center post rests in a circular carrier, which allows it to rotate.

Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-30710a,b, described as TOY: Ceramic acrobat. Stand (a) constructed of a round base (purple) to which is affixed a post (orange) with a flanged top that is depressed in the center. Ceramic acrobat is painted pink w/ teal shorts and shoes. Protruding from each shoulder is a wire to which is affixed a ceramic ball (2.2cm). The acrobat has a wire protruding from his mouth, on which he balances via the depression at the top of the post.