Spindle
- Museum number:
- 3-174
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21030000174
- Alternate number:
- 174 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.47 and Acc.61
- Description:
- Thread holder or malacate
- Donor:
- Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
- Culture or time period:
- Mam and Maya
- Collector:
- Gustavus A. Eisen
- Collection date:
- 1902
- Materials:
- Ceramic (material) (bead attached to spindle with tar ) and Wood (plant material) (no yarn)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Spindles (textile working equipment)
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Accession date:
- October 20, 1902
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Dimensions:
- width 2.5 centimeters and length 32.5 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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