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Spinning Top

Native NameRiyanpi
Object Number:38624B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi
Provenience: Arizona
Oraibi
Third Mesa
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Wood
Pigment
Height: 10.5 cm
Outside Diameter:5 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

Conical wooden top painted in sections of black, red, and green with other colors indiscernible. Grooved toward the upper end.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache (20 May 1995 - 2013) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Culin, Robert S. 1975. Games of the North American Indians.. Dover Publications. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 743-744View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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