Acorn top

Museum number:
1-10603
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.203
Description:
Top (toy), acorn; rounded twig shaft inserted into top of acorn. These tops were much used by small boys as play things, being spun by rolling the stem between the hands.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Dutton Ranch, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Dutton Ranch
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Acorns
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-4807 [crossed out] yes (Note: see 1-2267 KATO) Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v.2, pl. 70, BAE B78 Fig. 41
Loans:
S1983-1984 #21: Coyote Point Museum (October 11, 1983–February 15, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Acorn top, accession number 1-10603, described as Top (toy), acorn; rounded twig shaft inserted into top of acorn. These tops were much used by small boys as play things, being spun by rolling the stem between the hands.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Acorn top, accession number 1-10603, described as Top (toy), acorn; rounded twig shaft inserted into top of acorn. These tops were much used by small boys as play things, being spun by rolling the stem between the hands.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn top, accession number 1-10603, described as Top (toy), acorn; rounded twig shaft inserted into top of acorn. These tops were much used by small boys as play things, being spun by rolling the stem between the hands.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn top, accession number 1-10603, described as Top (toy), acorn; rounded twig shaft inserted into top of acorn. These tops were much used by small boys as play things, being spun by rolling the stem between the hands.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn top, accession number 1-10603, described as Top (toy), acorn; rounded twig shaft inserted into top of acorn. These tops were much used by small boys as play things, being spun by rolling the stem between the hands.

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