Toy Rooster: Museum Object and Cultural History
Toy Rooster: Date made: 20th century. maker: unknown. Object Name: toy rooster.
The object in the museum catalogue
Sold mostly at craft and folk fairs, toys like this show how artisans on the island have creatively used and re-used rubber, metal, paper, and other natural materials.
Juguetes como éste, que se venden en su mayoría en las ferias de artesanías y cosas típicas, son prueba del modo en que los artesanos recurrían a la creatividad para reutilizar el caucho, el metal, el papel y otros materiales naturales.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 20th century
- maker: unknown
- Object Name: toy rooster
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: paint (overall material)
- Physical Description: rubber (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 22.6 cm x 14.8 cm x 106 cm; 8 7/8 in x 5 13/16 in x 41 3/4 in
- Place Made: Puerto Rico
- Subject: Daily Life
- Subject: Toys
- Subject: Children
- ID Number: 1997.0097.1211
- accession number: 1997.0097
- catalog number: 1997.0097.1211
- Credit Line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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