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Collections > Toys > Humming Top

Humming Top

Hollow egg shaped wooden top with peg with hole for string one end and elongated knob to spin on at the bottom, and a square hole in the middle. Painted mainly in yellow with red and black oriental figures and scenes and blue strips top and bottom. Size: Height: 17.5 cm.

Object Type: toy

Actual Date: c. 1865

Century: 19th century

Materials: Paint, Wood

Museum Accession Number: TOY.213