Flipper-Dinger (HC1067)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Title
Flipper-Dinger
Made in
Laxfield
Date
2015
Description
Hand-held folk toy consisting of a metal hoop and stalk attached at a right-angle to a wooden tube. A ball and hook sits inside a tube over an air vent and can be suspended by blowing into the wooden tube. The aim of the game is to get the hook over the edge of the hoop.
Dimensions
width: 15.8cm
height: 15.0cm
depth: 2.9cm
Object number
HC1067
Category
Credit
Gifted to Crafts Council by the maker.
Maker's statement
Part of my making is related to traditional folk toys - the ideas are traditional - I do my own version. The Foxfire group in America is an organisation that encourages folk and ethnic customs.
Ron Fuller, 6 July 2015
Ron Fuller, 6 July 2015
