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GH022590

Toy, 'Buzzy Bee' (Robin Clearwater's 1943 example)

H.E. Ramsey Limited, manufacturer · Maurice Schlesinger, designer

Early Buzzy Bee given to Robin Clearwater as a baby in 1943; Te Papa describes the design as a classic New Zealand toy and icon of Kiwi identity.

Date
c. 1943
Collection
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Catalogue
Buzzy Bee

Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.

Record

Medium
wood; cardboard; metal; paint; string
Dimensions
180 mm wide; 120 mm high; 170 mm long
Origin
New Zealand

Provenance and history

  1. c. 1943

    Created by H.E. Ramsey Limited, Maurice SchlesingerA

Sources

  1. A

    collections.tepapa.govt.nz

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