1852 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO T10 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO cat #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Spindle and spindle case. Wood. Case worn attached to belt. Color: natural. (a) spindle: 12.75 inches long (b) case: 9.75 inches long, 3 inch diameter. See Fig. 75e in Textiles of Highland Guatemala. Location: Chichicastenango
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 9.5 inches, diameter 3 inches, and length 12.75 inches