DepartmentLatin America

String toy, monkey

NameANIMAL

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca 1960

Place madeMexico, North America

MediumWood, Fur, Metal, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 11 13/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/16 in. (30 x 5.2 x 3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1982.45.741.

Object numberA.1982.45.741

DescriptionCut, glued and painted brown. Fur head and tail with painted face: red eyes and mouth, white circles around eyes, white dots around circles. Black fur glued to wooden body with articulated limbs. Wires join limbs, yellow string joins wires, all joined to head with rubber band.