Spindle

Museum number:
5-11595
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011595
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Spindle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11595, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: plaster whorl painted red, whire, blue; inserted on top end of whittled wood stick Context of use: to hold yarn while spinning Description: spindle/whorl; plaster whorl inserted on top end of whittled wood spindle stick; whorl is painted red, white, blue; 23.5 cm. l.; 3 cm. w.;
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 5-11595, described as Spindle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11595, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: plaster whorl painted red, whire, blue; inserted on top end of whittled wood stick Context of use: to hold yarn while spinning Description: spindle/whorl; plaster whorl inserted on top end of whittled wood spindle stick; whorl is painted red, white, blue; 23.5 cm. l.; 3 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 5-11595, described as Spindle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11595, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: plaster whorl painted red, whire, blue; inserted on top end of whittled wood stick Context of use: to hold yarn while spinning Description: spindle/whorl; plaster whorl inserted on top end of whittled wood spindle stick; whorl is painted red, white, blue; 23.5 cm. l.; 3 cm. w.;

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