Hand-Carved Yo-Yo
Hand-Carved Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This dark brown wooden hand-carved yo-yo has a floral design and is marked “1951” and "TONY FRANK." Demonstrators carved yo-yos as awards for contest winners during the 1940s and 1950s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- yo-yo
- Date made
- 1951
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3.5 cm x 6 cm; x 1 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.09
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.09
- Credit Line
- Donald F. Duncan, Jr.
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Sport and Leisure
- Yo-Yos
- Sports & Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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