Soft Toy
1960s (manufactured)
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| Place of origin |
Monkeys have been popular soft toys since the beginning of the twentieth century. The German soft toy company Steiff began making monkeys at the end of the nineteenth century and until 1914 this type of Steiff toy sold better than any other apart from the teddy bear. Steiff's best known monkey was called Jocko.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Sewn and stuffed fabric |
| Brief description | Artificial silk plush monkey soft toy made in Hungary in the 1960s |
| Physical description | Fully jointed (head and limbs) monkey of brown artificial silk plush with plain fabric face, ears, hands and feet. It is solidly stuffed with wood wool and there is an unstuffed plush tail. The facial features consist of two black plastic eyes and a stitched line mouth. Within the body is a squeaker that operates by pressing it. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Summary | Monkeys have been popular soft toys since the beginning of the twentieth century. The German soft toy company Steiff began making monkeys at the end of the nineteenth century and until 1914 this type of Steiff toy sold better than any other apart from the teddy bear. Steiff's best known monkey was called Jocko. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.9-2006 |
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| Record created | August 15, 2007 |
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