Kappa, Yōkai-rousel Enamel Pin
2" soft enamel pin
The popular kappa was once terrifying, striking from behind to drown and devour those who ventured into dangerous waters, but in modern times he’s become an adorable figure. He enjoys cucumbers and sumo, and he must keep the shallow basin on his skull full of water.
The inspiration for our kappa came from a frog on a Herschell-Spillman carousel, termed a “hop-toad.” Frogs weren’t the most common of menagerie carousel animals, but they were always a hit. Frogs were the only creatures in the Herschell-Spillman catalog which wore human clothing. The characteristic Herschell-Spillman flat saddles became extended vests on the frogs, and ours has become a kappa’s shell.
Did you know? Herschell-Spillman and Spillman were the only workshops to create carousel frogs.
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