- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden humming top painted with green, red and yellow bands. Varnished exterior. Perforated in the side of the top to create a whistling or humming sound when spun. [ASh [OPS move] 14/06/2016]
- Cultural groups
- European
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1972
- Date collected
- By 1972
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1972
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Perforated, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Varnished
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 85 mm, Height: max 100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.36.217
Search terms: Music, Toy and Game, Musical Instrument, Toy
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