Ka-Yo Musical Yo-Yo: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ka-Yo Musical Yo-Yo: maker: Cayo Manufacturing Company. Object Name: yo-yo. Physical Description: steel (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This steel yo-yo was made by the Cayo Manufacturing Company of Benton Harbor Michigan in the early 1930s. There is a "Captain's Wheel" lithograph pattern design printed on one side in gray, white and black. Julius N. Cayo founded the Cayo Manufacturing Company as a metal stamping business and began making yo-yos in the early 1930s. It was called a Musical Ka-Yo, so not to infringe upon the Duncan Toy Company's trademark of the term "yo-yo." It whistled when spun due to holes in its sides.
Materials, dates and provenance
- maker: Cayo Manufacturing Company
- Object Name: yo-yo
- Physical Description: steel (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 3 cm x 6.5 cm; x 1 3/16 in x 2 9/16 in
- Place Made: United States: Michigan, Benton
- ID Number: 2002.0246.01
- accession number: 2002.0246
- catalog number: 2002.0246.01
- Credit Line: Donald F. Duncan, Jr.
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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