cymbal monkey
Clanging wind-up primate
A cymbal monkey is a mechanical toy featuring a grinning chimpanzee that claps a pair of small cymbals together when wound up or switched on.
The toy became a staple of mid-20th-century novelty shops and later a horror movie cliché—its repetitive clanging and fixed smile lending it an unsettling quality: The cymbal monkey started playing on its own in the dark room.
- clappingRhythmic palm strikes
- toyObject for amusement
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- wind-upFinal part or end
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
brass instrument · creepy · creepy doll · vintage · vintage toy · antique · chattering · tin · clockwork · banging · grinning · teeth · horror · horror movie · jump scare · circus · street performer · novelty
- wind-up toyswind-up toy, wind-up car, chattering teeth, dancing figure, pull-back car
- automatonsautomaton, automata, mechanical man, clockwork, mechanical turk
- mechanical toysautomaton, tin toy, spring toy, animated figure, jack-in-the-box
cymbal monkeystuffed animal
Soft toy with filling
plush toy · teddy bear · ragdoll · soft toy · security blanket
cymbal monkeyteddy bear
Soft ursine plaything
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