Spindle and whorl

Museum number:
16-9663
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Spinning stick and pottery whorl; Jiweue (spinning rod); a stick of palm Kiru wood; 9.5 inches long. Spindles and spinner's basket. Piro, Peru.
Donor:
Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Joyce Nies and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment) and Whorls (spindle flywheels)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spindle and whorl, accession number 16-9663, described as Spinning stick and pottery whorl; Jiweue (spinning rod); a stick of palm Kiru wood; 9.5 inches long. Spindles and spinner's basket. Piro, Peru.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle and whorl, accession number 16-9663, described as Spinning stick and pottery whorl; Jiweue (spinning rod); a stick of palm Kiru wood; 9.5 inches long. Spindles and spinner's basket. Piro, Peru.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle and whorl, accession number 16-9663, described as Spinning stick and pottery whorl; Jiweue (spinning rod); a stick of palm Kiru wood; 9.5 inches long. Spindles and spinner's basket. Piro, Peru.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle and whorl, accession number 16-9663, described as Spinning stick and pottery whorl; Jiweue (spinning rod); a stick of palm Kiru wood; 9.5 inches long. Spindles and spinner's basket. Piro, Peru.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle and whorl, accession number 16-9663, described as Spinning stick and pottery whorl; Jiweue (spinning rod); a stick of palm Kiru wood; 9.5 inches long. Spindles and spinner's basket. Piro, Peru.

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