Duncan Butterfly Yo-Yo
date: label: Date made
content: 1960s
name: label: maker
content: Duncan
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This wooden butterfly yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company from 1958-1965. It is painted with a light blue glitter enamel paint, and has a stamped gold butterfly design with the words “Duncan Butterfly Yo-Yo.” Butterfly yo-yos have beveled rims tapering inward toward the axle to improve its string catching ability. Although the Duncan company lost its trademark on the term “Yo-Yo” it retains the trademark for“Butterfly.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Yo-Yos
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0246.23
label: accession number
content: 2002.0246
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0246.23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: yo-yo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 5.5 cm; x 1 3/16 in x 2 3/16 in