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Struwelpeter

Jumping Jack
1983 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Three plywood pieces covered with printed paper and jointed with string, elastic and plastic. Printed paper in yellow, black, red, blue, green, pink and white. The arms and legs are individually held to the back of the body with red plastic knobs. Between the holes of the arms and of the legs is an elastic band. The red pull cord is knotted to both elastic bands. The cord has a red wood bead at the bottom. When the cord is pulled the arms and legs move up and out.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleStruwelpeter (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Plywood, covered with printed paper and jointed with string, elastic and plastic
Brief description
Struwelpeter Jumping Jack made in Germany in the early 1980s
Physical description
Three plywood pieces covered with printed paper and jointed with string, elastic and plastic. Printed paper in yellow, black, red, blue, green, pink and white. The arms and legs are individually held to the back of the body with red plastic knobs. Between the holes of the arms and of the legs is an elastic band. The red pull cord is knotted to both elastic bands. The cord has a red wood bead at the bottom. When the cord is pulled the arms and legs move up and out.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
Gallery label
'Shock-Headed Peter' jumping jack, 1983 This is a famous German children's character, Sruwwelpeter. He had long hair and fingernails. Jumping jacks are also know as patins.
Credit line
Given by Miss C. G. Goodfellow, Germany. [84/43]
Object history
Bought at the Heinrich Hoffmann Museum Frankfurt in December 1983
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
MISC.299-1984

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Record createdFebruary 13, 2004
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