Humming Top

Object Number:

37-22-198A

Current Location:

Africa Gallery

Culture:

Sherbro

Provenience:

Sierra Leone
Sherbro Island

Locus:

Sitia Chiefdom
Yoni

Section:

African

Materials:

Nuts
Wood
Fiber

Description:

Made from a nut, like 37-22-197 but larger. The wooden handle and peg are inserted in holes and held in place by a resinous substance. The sound produced by the spinning top, resembles that made by the whistle, 37-22-197; hence the same name. Each end of the string is passed through a hole in a short piece of wood and knotted to keep these on the string. The nut has three perforations round the circumference.

Credit Line:

Museum Expedition to Sierra Leone, 1936-1937; Henry Usher Hall

Other Number:

106

Other Number