Wooden head of spinning wheel (distaff); carved geese, crosses, lions and crown; richly painted with red, blue, pink, green; length 18 3/4 in, width 6 in
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Skåne County, Sweden
Verbatim coll. place:
Skane; Sweden
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Collector:
Axel O. Lindstrom
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #76: University of California, Berkeley (May 10, 1962–June 7, 1962), S1963-1964 #84: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (May 7, 1964–August 6, 1964), S1966-1967 #19: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 1, 1966–December 20, 1966), S1967-1968 #123: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (April 17, 1968–April 18, 1968), and S1968-1969 #100: University of California Library (April 15, 1969–May 23, 1969)