TOY: WOODEN KANGAROO
A handmade wooden kangaroo.
The toy is made from a central kangaroo head, body and long tail piece that is attached to two walking legs with a nail. There are chips of wood missing on the ears and tail from use.
The toy was handmade by Alexander Douglas Sedgwick, for his son George Douglas, in his shed at 50 Bedford Street, Subiaco.
Details
Details
This toy was made by Alexander Douglas Sedgiwck and likely used by his children in Subiaco. It is also significant as a representative example of the types of toys played with by children during the first half of the twentieth century and beyond.
Other items from Subiaco Museum
- TOY: FABRIC ELEPHANT, OLIVE
- CIGARETTE HOLDER: SILVER, INSCRIBED GDS 5-11-48, GEORGE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK
- COMMEMORATIVE COIN: GOLD, 'WEST AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1906-07', SEDGWICK LTD
- MEDALLION: GOLD, 'COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS OF AUSTRALIA', SEDGWICK, 1951
- MEDALLION: BRASS, 'COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION, LONDON' 1886, SEDGWICK, 1951
- GLASSES: BLACK METAL WITH GOLD BRIDGE, SEDGWICK
- GLASSES CASE: BLACK LEATHER ' AG BROWN CERTIFIED OPTICIAN, SEDGWICK
- WHISTLE: TOY CERAMIC BIRD WHISTLE SEDGWICK
- TIN: BAND AID, ELASTIC ADHESIVE
- WOODEN BOX: SNUFF BOX ? ROUND WITH LID
- WASHBOARD: WOOD AND GLASS
- TOOL BOX: HANDMADE WOODEN TOOL BOX WITH HINGED LID, SEDGWICK