Toy top

MediumFiber

ClassificationsRecreational Artifacts

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Smalley

Object number1931.7.18

DescriptionWooden stick with gourd and gum, cotton thread passed through hole on gourd disk and tied to wooden stick. Childs toy top. It is to be thrown into the air humming loudly as it goes and lands on the stick end and spins for a very long time. The top is thrown in such a way that the string is retained in one hand and the button in the other.

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