Supported Top

Humming Top

Musical Top

71-18-27

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Historic

Object Number 71-18-27
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Japan
Section Historic
Materials Wood
Description

Recupertative supported top; so-called musical or humming top. Painted wood shell and bracket. Shell perforated by 3 holes 0.8 cm diam. String provided by D. W. Gould. Top performs satisfactorily with low hum at high speed

Credit Line Gift of Smithsonian Institution, 1971

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