Collection place: South-Central Mexico / Function: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry, accession number 3-531, described as Toy fan, palm fiber, woven, square; open work triangular handle; -531 green dyed fibers in geometric pattern, width 8.5 cm x length (overall) 18.8 cm; -532 purple fibers forming square, width 10.2 cm x length (overall) 19.6 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Bull-roarer, accession number 3-28898a-c, described as Toys. Bull-roarers, made of stiff, bright colored paper cut and shaped, attached by string to slender stick; straight pin glued at one end of paper positioned so as to scratch (screech) on the inside of a metal bottle cap attached to another stick. L 23.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Noisemaker, accession number 3-28958a,b, described as Toys. Noisemakers, wood, crudely made; thin wood blade hits wood rachette when noisemaker is twirled on handle. (a) bird shape, brightly painted, L 18 cm; (b) painted red and white with paper pictures pasted on top, L 17.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Pecking bird toy, accession number 3-28900, described as Toy. Bird with jointed tail and head, eating from an acorn cap. Crudely carved balsa wood, painted, mounted on narrow platform with slots for thread which activates the tail and head. A weight, now missing, usually attached to thread. Length 7 cm, height 4.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle and wheeled whistle, accession number 3-28897a,b, described as Toys. Rattle and whistle made of tin decorated with bands of bright colored paint. (a) rattle is a cylinder with welded handle, L 11.5 cm; (b) whistle has a pinwheel above opening which whirls when whistle is blown, pinwheel was attached by welded wires, now separated from whistle, L 9.5 cm.