String twister used for twisting fibers into string, wood, two-piece, hardwood, hand carved. a) tapered flat stick with knob at one end, pierce by hole; residual piece of purple fiber in hole; length 31.4 cm x w 3.5 cm b) round stick with knob on one end, inserted into a) length 25.1 cm x w (at knob) 2 cm.
Donor:
Donald Bush Cordry and University Appropriation
Collection place:
El Limón, Nayarit, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1937
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1961-1962 #62: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (April 12, 1962–April 12, 1962) and S1976-1977 #8: The Mexican Museum (August 20, 1976–November 1, 1976)