Humming Top
21950
From: United States of America | California (State) | San Francisco (California)
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 21950 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | United States of America | California (State) | San Francisco (California) |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Humming top. Hollow wooden cylinder with piece cut out from one end to the other. One end missing, the other curving in to the middle where there is a hole with a stick sticking through which pierces a wooden disc which holds it in position in cylinder. Stick extends past either end of cylinder. Stick painted green, disc yellow with a green center. Cylinder is red, green, pink and peeled yellow stripes. |
Credit Line | Gift of John Wanamaker, 1900 |
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