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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM |
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TOY (an adaptation of Du. tuig, tools, implements, ,stuff, speltuig, playthings, i.e. stuff to play with, spelen, to play); a child's plaything, also a trifle, a worthless, petty
ornament
life
work
Egypt
hair , a bronze woman doll bearing a pot, on her head, an earthenware doll carrying and nursing a child; some have movable jointed arms. There are also many toy animals, such as a painted woodencalf, ' a porcelain
elephant with a rider; this once had movable legs,which have disappeared. Balls are found made of leather stuffed with hair ,chopped straw and other material, and also of blue porce- lain or papyrus. Jointed doll's, moved by strings, were evidently favourite play- things of the Greek and Roman chil- dren, and small modelsof furniture, chairs, tables, sets of jugs painted with scenes of children's life
both Greek and Roman times. Balls, tops, rattles and the implements of numerous games
See also Donn; Tor; PLAY; and for the history of toys, with their varying yet unchanging fashions, see H. R. d'Allemagne, Histoire des Jouets, and F. N. Jackson, Toys of other Days (1908). End of Article: TOY If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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