Old Tin Spinning Top with Excellent Hand-Painted Color Navajo turquoise pin and with a little bleeding

and with a little bleeding around the edges

The print measures 10" x 10"

a pretty great portrait

which really seem to see deep into one's soul

Basil Aptanik's sculptures most often represent figures from his community

Old Tin Spinning Top with Excellent Hand-Painted Color Navajo turquoise pin and with a little bleedingI'm a sucker for old spinning tops for me as much a vehicle for great color as anything else and this appears an early one, with hand painted rather than lithographed color. I haven't had much luck getting it spinning but haven't tried very hard there are push starters that will fit over the stem of ones like this, though an expert flick of the wrist on a flat surface might do just as well. Personally, I'm very content just to set it somewhere to look