Cymbal-banging monkey toy

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Cymbal-banging monkey toy

A battery-operated musical jolly chimp manufactured by Daishin C.K.
Type	Mechanical toy
Inventor(s)	Daishin C.K.
Country	Japan
Availability	1950s–present

A cymbal-banging monkey toy (also known as Jolly Chimp) is a mechanical depiction of a monkey holding a cymbal in each hand.^[1] When activated it repeatedly bangs its cymbals together and, in some cases, bobs its head, chatters, screeches, grins, and more. There are both traditional wind-up versions and updated battery-operated cymbal-banging monkeys. The cymbal-banging monkey toy is an example of singerie and kitsch.