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On display at Young V&A
Play Gallery, Build It, Case 5

Blockheads

Building Block
1970-1979 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Set of building blocks, wooden shapes boldly stained in yellow, fuchsia, teal, orange and purple.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 20 parts.

  • Building Blocks
  • Building Blocks
  • Buiding Blocks
  • Buiding Blocks
  • Buiding Blocks
  • Buiding Blocks
  • Buiding Blocks
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  • Buiding Blocks
  • Buiding Blocks
  • Buiding Blocks
  • Buiding Blocks
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  • Buiding Blocks
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TitleBlockheads (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Carved and stained wood
Brief description
Building blocks, Blockheads, stained wood, Taiwan Universal, 1970s
Physical description
Set of building blocks, wooden shapes boldly stained in yellow, fuchsia, teal, orange and purple.
Production typeprototype
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Production
Attribution note: samples
Collection
Accession number
B.2391-1999

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Record createdMay 1, 2000
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