Bird Pipsqueak

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CultureGerman

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Bird Pipsqueak

Datemid-19th century

Made inGermany

MediumPapier-mâché

Dimensions5 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (14.3 × 8.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.63.97

Non exposé

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

DOLLS, TOYS & GAMES

DescriptionSmall noisemaker toys like this include a bellows in the base to activate a reed or whistle, giving them the name “pipsqueaks.”
Provenance[Lambs Mill Antiques, Kutztown, Pennsylvania]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1963; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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