Spinning Top
20496B
From: Oceania | Torres Strait Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 20496B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Oceania | Torres Strait Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Stone |
Description | Spinning top. Convex disk of volcanic stone, pierced through center (for spindle). Collected by A. C. Haddon, leader of the Cambridge University expedition to the Torres Straits in 1898-1899. According to the catalogue of the collection from that expedition, "A recreation that appears to have been confined to Mer [an island in the Straits] and practied only by senoir men was the competitive spinning of large stone tops (kolap), often decorated with ochres, with a spsindle of hard black palm wood." |
Thickness | 4 cm |
Outside Diameter | 11.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of A. C. Haddon, 1898 |
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