Duncan Expert Award Butterfly Yo-Yo
name: label: user
content: Rule, Robert M.
label: maker
content: Duncan
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This wooden butterfly yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company in the 1960s. It is teal and has a stamped silver leaf reading "Expert Award/ Duncan Yo-Yo/ Return Top." The seal features an image of an eagle with a star between its wings. The reverse side features an inscription carved into the back reading "Mr. Yo-Yo/ Bob." The inscription refers to the toy's user Bob Rule, who worked for Duncan during the 1950s and 1960s. Rule gave himself the nickname “Mr. Yo-Yo” in 1960. He wanted to avoid calling himself a “World Champion,” a disingenuous title used by many yo-yo performers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: yo-yo
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Yo-Yos
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0029.02
label: accession number
content: 2004.0029
objectType: label: Object Name
content: yo-yo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 5.5 cm; 1 3/16 in x 2 3/16 in