Spinning top

Museum number:
11-37624
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
May River Tributary, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Materials:
Coconut shell
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spinning tops
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37624, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resinHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37624, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resinHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Spinning top, accession number 11-37624, described as top, boys’ spinning, coconut shell with incised designs, wooden stem attached with resin

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