Yo-yo
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A yo-yo is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped around the axle, similar to a spool. It is an ancient toy documented since 440 BC. It was also called a bandalore in
A plastic yo-yo
Boy playing with a yo-yo, Attic kylix, c. 440 BC, Antikensammlung Berlin (F 2549)
Lady with a yo-yo, Northern India (Rajasthan, Bundi or Kota), c. 1770 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
A 1791 illustration of a woman playing with an early version of the yo-yo, which was then called a "bandalore"
Diabolo
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The diabolo is a juggling or circus prop consisting of an axle and two cups or discs derived from the Chinese yo-yo. This object is spun using a string attached to two hand sticks. A large variety of
Yo-yo
…Bond film Octopussy, in which the disks are large circular saw blades, has been described as "wholly improbable, impractical, and probably suicidal". Chinese yo-yo Clackers…
Large and miniature Western rubber diabolos. Wooden sticks are shown in the background
1812 illustration of woman with diabolo
Anastasini Diabolos with large diabolo (2011)
Diaboloist in Ueno Park performing a 3-diabolo shuffle (2006)