Monkey Shaped Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1920
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, in the shape of a smiling monkey. Luster-silver, matte white painted eyes with black dots, magenta mouth with white tooth in the middle, orange hair, blue and white beanie cap with black brim turned on the side. Metal cap attached at top of cap, with bent metal loop and thin black string tied to the loop for hanging. No mark.
label: Description
content: This ornament illustrates a character from "The Brownies", a series of publications by Canadian illustrator/author Palmer Cox (1840-1924). Published from the 1880s- early 1900s, Cox based the "Brownies" characters and stories on elements of English mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Aimed at children, "The Brownies" included illustrations with verse. The Kodak Brownie camera was named for the series.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: subject association
content: Christmas
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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: 1993.0157.13
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0157.13
label: accession number
content: 1993.0157
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament; Decoration
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 5.08 cm x 7.3025 cm x 5.3975 cm