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Spindle

Spindle Whorl

Thread

Object Number:38681
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi
Provenience: Arizona
Mishongnovi
Second Mesa
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Wood
Wool
Length: 56.5 cm
Outside Diameter:7.9 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

Thin, wooden spindle with cotton coiled around one end. Spindle pierces a wooden spindle whorl with incised, parallel line decoration.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

American Indian Life 1776-1976 ( Dec 1976 - 1978) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] 1976. American Indian Life: 1776-1976.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 13View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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