Peg Top
71-18-71C
From: Mexico (Central America)
Curatorial Section: Historic
| Object Number | 71-18-71C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mexican |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) |
| Section | Historic |
| Materials | Wood | Steel | Plastic |
| Description | One of 3 wood peg-tops, assumed to be from Mexico (only one with legible imprint). button top to body, steel peg that may have been a nail. C is decorated with white plastic (?) insert on upper surface showing vari-colored reflectors. The upper third of the body has a deep grove in which 3 white plastic inserts as separators. The intent may have been to enhance sound effects |
| Credit Line | Gift of Smithsonian Institution, 1971 |
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