Object name: Spinning top / Collection place: New Guinea, Melanesia - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37572, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin

Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37597, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin

Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37833, described as top; section of coconut shell rounded, concave surface has incised designs of 4-pointed star enclosed by double rings with hatch-mark designs; hole in center for handle which is missing; spun in the ceremonial plaza by men and boys, to encourage the growth of yams

Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37619, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin

Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37603, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin usually, but this one has no stem, broken

Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37580, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin

Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37568, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin

Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37637, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin

Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37840, described as top; rounded section of coconut shell; concave surface has incised, lime filled designs of double 4-pointed stars flanked by four triple ring-shaped circles; hole in center for handle, which is missing; rim cracked; spun by boys and men in the ceremonial plaza to encourage the growth of yams

Hearst Museum object titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37575, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin, edge chipped off

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