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Twine
Museum number:
3-17563c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2103017563c
Accession number:
Acc.2065
Description:
(a) Spindle; length 10 3/4 inches; (b) carved dark pottery whorl; (c) maguey thread wrapped around spindle and still attached to hank of fiber. Spindle; length 10 3/4 inches.
Donor:
Theodore D. McCown
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Family of Theodore D. McCown
Collection date:
1965
Taxon:
Agave deserti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
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