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Top, side view

Name/Title

Top

Entry/Object ID

1992.37.1

Description

Hardwood maple top with 5 different disks that fit around the handle that can be changed out for a different design. The whole are held together by a cardboard strip (original retail packaging). The top is made from an unpainted wooden disk with a red-painted wooden handle inserted through the center and protruding out the bottom to create a rounded point. The bottom of the wooden disk is printed in blue with the logos for Children's Art Exchange, 1% For Peace, and Learning Materials Workshop. The disk designs are 2 plain white disks; half black and half white with black speed lines; a black and white keyhole design; a multicolored fractal star on a purple ground; a children's drawing of the earth on a black ground with white spots; a butterfly with wings made of a Russian flag and a United States flag; the 1% For Peace logo on a red ground. The retail package shows the butterfly design with the words, "PEACE POP TOP".

Context

Made by Learning Materials Workshop in Burlington, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1992.37

Source or Donor

Lipke, William

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Learning Materials Workshop

Date made

circa 1987

Place

City

Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Top

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Whirligig

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4-1/2 in

Diameter

3-3/8 in

Material

Wood, Cardboard

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hewitt, Karen L. Kursband (b. 1940)