Miniature spinning top of varnished wood, with saucer-shaped body and 'Nice' written in black ink on the top-side. [JP 13/2/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Miniature spinning top of varnished wood, with saucer-shaped body and 'Nice' written in black ink on the top-side. [JP 13/2/2003]
Long description: This is one of fifteen miniature spinning tops [1989.44.130.1 to .15] stored in a small square basketry box [1989.44.130.16]. Nine of the pieces have 'Nice' written on them in the same hand and are saucer-shaped. The remaining six pieces have nothing written on them at all and have round bodies. They are probably gaming pieces but it is not clear if they are from the same set or not. [JP 13/2/2003]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Tokyo
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Alfred Ernest Dickinson; Field collector Cicely Frances Dickinson; Field collector Enid May Dickinson; PRM source Bent Einer Juel-Jensen; PRM source Cicely Mary Juel-Jensen
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1909?, uncertain
Date collected: 1909?
Acquisition information: Donated: 10/1989 Found unentered: 2003
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Varnish, Process Inscribed, Process Varnished
Dimensions: Diameter 23 mm, Length 32 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1989.44.130.5