Whirligigs "Take Tombo"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jun 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1978 to 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Kenji Nakamura
label: Donor Name
content: Kunio Nakamura
notes: label: Notes
content: EACH ITEM IS MADE FROM A SHAVED STRIP OF BAMBOO IN PROPELLER SHAPE. A THIN STICK IS ATTACHED TO THE STRIP AT MIDPOINT. ACCORDING TO CATALOG, MADE IN 1987.
label: Notes
content: Taketombo toy: take = bamboo; tombo = dragonfly. These traditional Japanese flying toys are said to date back to the 18th century. They are spun between the hands and released so they fly through the air like mini-helicoptors on their one propeller.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 30
place: label: Place
content: Hinokage, Miyazaki, Kyushu Island, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380491
label: USNM Number
content: E427700-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whirligig
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 22 cm