Duncan Rainbo Yo-Yo
Duncan Rainbo Yo-Yo
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- Description (Brief)
- This Duncan steel yo-yo was manufactured by the Cayo Manufacturing Company in 1934. It has flat black sides with a black and white stripe design around the edges. There is a red, yellow and blue internal, metallic spinning disc that can be seen through small cut out windows in the sides. The decal reads “Genuine Duncan Rainbo Yo-Yo, Trade Mark Reg. USA.” The Duncan Toys Company contracted its metal yo-yos to the Cayo Manufacturing Company until World War II.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- yo-yo
- Date made
- 1934
- maker
- Duncan
- Cayo Manufacturing Company
- Place Made
- United States
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 cm x 6 cm; x 1 3/16 in x 2 3/8 in
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.02
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.02
- Credit Line
- Donald F. Duncan, Jr.
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Sports & Leisure
- Yo-Yos
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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