Spinning Top

Whistling Top

16181

From: Guyana

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 16181
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Macusi
Provenience Guyana
Culture Area Amazonia
Date Made 1893
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Spherical ball (nut?) with spindle thrust trhough. Spindle tapering with shorter and broader end used as "tip."

Credit Line Gift of John Joseph Quelch, British Guiana Commission, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

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