Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1993-0010-0002A-D | |
| Category | Folk Toys | |
| Object Name | Hikobei top (toy) | |
| Culture | Japanese | |
| Global Region | East Asia | |
| Country | Japan | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Kumamoto Prefecture | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1984 | |
| Collection Name | Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys) | |
| Materials | Wood; Paint; Bamboo | |
| Description | Toy top assembled from several pieces that collectively form a mouse; Base is a flat round disc painted predominantly yellow with a red band around its side and concentric blue and red bands on one face; Mid-section (mouse’s body) is bullet shaped with the concave interior painted with concentric blue, yellow, and red bands and a narrow diameter bamboo rod extending up through the center and out the top, and a tapered bamboo peg (painted brown) extending diagonally through a hole in the side to represent the mouse’s tail; Exterior of mid-section is painted brown on the back and white on the front, with the mouse’s forelegs shown holding a small gray jar and a rectangular bag; Mouse’s head is teardrop-shaped and painted brown with pair of black eyes outlined in white, the tapered point positioned to represent the face; Small drilled hole on base of head fits onto bamboo rod extending up from “bodyâ€; Short bamboo rod extends out from back of head; Yellow dome-shaped disc serves as mouse’s hat and is painted on interior and exterior with several narrow concentric red bands; Tapered wooden stem in center of hat’s interior fits into small hole drilled in mouse’s head. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.5, Width = 6.4, Depth = 6.8 | |