Spinning Top
16184
From: Malay Peninsula | Johore
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 16184 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Malay Peninsula | Johore |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Heavy hardwood, dark brown.Turned on lathe, with resulting grooves. Plumb bob shaped, tapering to rounded knob on top and point on bottom. Gasing jantong. Originally two hanks of string with tops 16184-16190. |
| Length | 11 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Sultan of Johore (through his agent Rounsevelle Wildman), 1893 |
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