Upside Down Top
75-13-39
From: Japan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Title | Upside Down Top |
| Object Number | 75-13-39 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Creator | Hiroi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | "Upside down" top. Wooden; about two thirds of a sphere s.3cm diam. hollowed out and with a spindle rising from cavity. When the top is spun (rounded body down) inversion takes place and the top spins on the stem. Action is not as good as the Tippe Top nor the molecular model. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Douglas W. Gould, 1975 |
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