Canary Shaped Toy
date: label: date made
content: 1930 - 1950
notes: label: Description
content: Molded celluloid balance toy, in the shape of a bird (canary). Yellow body, head tinted orange at top, orange beak and feet, black dot for eyes, with black eyebrows. Feet are shaped into a small hook, which would enable the toy to balance on the side of a bowl or glass. Possibly used for a christmas ornament as well. See similar ornaments: 1993.0157.20, 1993.0157.19, 1993.0157.17, 1993.0157.16, 1993.0157.15.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: DELETE
content: Germany
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: subject association
content: Christmas
label: Subject
content: Animals
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Nancy M. and Robert R. Garvey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0157.18
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0157.18
label: accession number
content: 1993.0157
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament; Decoration
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: celluloid (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 11.43 cm x 2.8575 cm