This listing is for a 1930's (or earlier) noisemaker party favor.  It is great for all kinds of occasions - Halloween, 4th July, New Years, or a birthday party.  One item of note - underneath the drum looks like newspaper in Spanish?  Or it could be Javanese?  It didn't bring up anything in translate.  Except Spanish and Javanese, LOL.  The celluloid is a thick celluloid.  The Irwin Company developed a thicker celluloid in the early 1920's, that wasn't as flammable as the thin celluloid that had been used up until then.  All companies in the US were required to make all their products from the thicker celluloid, while items imported from Japan were still allowed to use the thinner celluloid.  The head looks like composite at first glance, but is celluloid that is hand painted.  When you pull the string coming out the bottom of the cardboard tube, the arms move up and down and "drum".  The drumming doesn't make any sound.  The whistle, though, is really loud and shrill.  There is a tin band  around the middle that holds it all in place.  It is a great piece, guaranteed antique and authentic, that won't disappoint.