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DepartmentLatin America

Acrobat

NameString Toy; Kinetic Toy

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1960

Place madeChile, South America

MediumWood, paint, string

Dimensions10 3/16 × 4 1/4 × 2 1/16 in. (25.8 × 10.8 × 5.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.2.295X

Object numberA.1980.2.295X

Collections

DescriptionCarved, nailed, painted with synthetic paints. Two vertical painted posts with a wood bar a fourth of the way up. Articulated figure hanging from string at top activated by pressure at base. Figures wear pointed hats.

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