Struwelpeter
Jumping Jack
1983 (manufactured)
1983 (manufactured)
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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.
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Title | Struwelpeter (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. |
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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 |
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Accession number | MISC.299-1984 |
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Record created | February 13, 2004 |
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