Whistling Top

75-13-40

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 75-13-40
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Japan
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Description

"Whistling" top; wooden disc 7.4cm diam. x 2.0cm thick; with stem 1.2cm diam x 5.6cm height. The stem is cut as a whistle. Audio effect is slight and in upper register. Maker unknown. Functions well as a top but poorly as a whistle.

Credit Line Gift of Douglas W. Gould, 1975

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