CULIN] TOPS: HOPI 743 
This was collected by the writer in 1900. The name was given as 
temeinigakin. 
Horr. Oraibi, Arizona. (Cat. no. 51978, 55308, 67011, 67060, Field 
Columbian Museum.) 
Four tops, made of wood. 
These were collected by Rev. H. R. Voth, who furnished the follow- 
ing information: 
Top spinning is often indulged in among the Hopi boys. The tops are of 
different sizes and forms, and are spun with a little whip, which consists of a 
stick from 10 to 15 inches long, to which any kind of a string is tied. The top 
is taken between the thumb and forefinger, or sometimes the middle finger, and 
sent with a twirl spinning over the ground, after which it is kept in motion by 
quickly striking its lower point with the whip. Sometimes it is started by 
winding the string of the whip around the point and withdrawing it with a 
quick motion, being much the same as when a white boy starts his top with a 
string. 
Arizona. (United States National Museum.) 
Cat. no. 22512. Wooden top (figure 989), made from a billet, the 
body cylindrical, painted red, the base conical, with traces of 
green paint, a boss at the top; height, 4} inches. Collected by 
Maj. J. W. Powell. 
Cat. no. 68834. Wooden top (figure 990), a flat disk, painted with 
concentric rings of black, white, blue, and yellow on top, having 
a wooden spindle 94 inches in length. Collected by Col. James 
Stevenson. 
Fig. 988. Fig. 989. Fig. 990. 
Fic. 988, Finger top; height, 1} inches; Bannock Indians, Idaho; cat. no. 37067, Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Fic. 989. Whip top; height, 4; inches; Hopi Indians, Arizona; cat. no. 22512, United States 
National Museum. 
Fic. 990. Top; height, 9} inches; Hopi Indians, Arizona; cat. no. 68834, United States National 
Museum. 
Oraibi, Arizona. (Cat. no. 38624, Free Museum of Science 
and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Wooden tops, conical (figure 991), painted blue, white, and red, with 
black bands between, and the top painted with concentric circles 
of blue, white, black, and red; height, 4 inches; accompanied 
by whips consisting of sticks with long single buckskin lashes. 
