Spinning Top

Reproduction

22534

From: New Mexico | Zia Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22534
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Keresan
Provenience New Mexico | Zia Pueblo
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made 1901
Section American
Materials Wood | Metal
Description

Biconical wooden top reproduction with traces of black and red paint. The upper end is rounded and has a long pin nailed through the center. The pin then exits through the bottom of the top as the point on which it spins. Grooved around the shoulder and incised ray design on the upper end.

Length 7 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Commissioned by The University Museum, 1901
Other Number USNM 134362 - Smithsonian Institution Number

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