The National Flying Top

21463

From: United States of America (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Historic

Object Title The National Flying Top
Object Number 21463
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture American
Provenience United States of America (uncertain)
Section Historic
Materials Metal | Wood | Cotton (uncertain) | Paint
Technique Painted
Description

Short cylinder of red metal, hollow with curved cross in the middle and a stick through the middle perpendicular to the plane of the cylinder, extending farther on one side as a handle than the other. String attached to cylinder with small wood disk on the other end. one side flat, the other curved. Iron holder missing (on receipt?).

Credit Line Gift of R. Stewart Culin, 1898

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