Dymkovo toys, also known as the
Vyatka toys or
Kirov toys (
Дымковская игрушка,
вятская игрушка,
кировская игрушка in
Russian) are moulded painted
clay figures of people and animals (sometimes in the form of a
pennywhistle). It is one of the old
Russian folk art handicrafts, which still exists in a village of near
Kirov (former Vyatka). Traditionally, the Dymkovo toys are made by women.