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Convolute of toy animal figures

around 1975

German Historical Museum

German Historical Museum
Berlin, Germany

Animals from the farm, from the forest and from the zoo become toy assortments. The figures are made of thin compressed wood and a board provides the necessary support. The rounded wooden animals fit well into small children's hands, and when setting them up the child's imagination has no limits. Such figures are in the pedagogical tradition of the famous Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670): with his book "Orbis pictus" he strove to show the children "all things in the world".

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  • Title: Convolute of toy animal figures
  • Date Created: around 1975
  • Location: Ore Mountains
  • Physical Dimensions: 11,9 x 7 x 1,9 cm (max.)
  • Subject Keywords: Farm, childhood, toys
  • Type: Toys
  • Rights: Deutsches Historisches Museum; Text: Rosmarie Beier-de Haan
  • External Link: DHM collection database
  • Medium: Wood
  • Inventory no.: AK 2014/514
German Historical Museum

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