Toy Monkey

Item

Title
Toy Monkey
Description
Photograph of a brown plush toy monkey by Jacobia Dahm for NPR. The toy monkey is 11.5 cm tall, 4 cm wide, and 5.5 cm in depth, made by the Margarete Steiff GmbH. The body is a worn brown plush. The hands, feet, and face are a tan felt. The internal stuffing is straw. The monkey is held in a seated position by an inflexible wire skeleton. The toy is missing both hands and the end of its right foot. The face is in excellent condition and both glass eyes are intact.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/14/663059048/a-toy-monkey-that-escaped-nazi-germany-and-reunited-a-family
Contributor
Gert Berliner
Creator
Jacobia Dahm
Date Created
ca. 1930s
Format
jpg
Provenance
Originally owned by Gert Berliner.
Donated to the Jewish Museum in Berlin in 2003 by Gert Berliner.
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Toy Monkey