Spindle

Museum number:
3-28067
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1854 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO T2 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO cat #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Spindle with yarn. Wood spindle with cotton yarn White yarn. 12 inches long. See Fig. 75c in Textiles of Highland Guatemala. Location: Chichicastenango.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Wood (plant material), and Yarn
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 12 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 3-28067, described as Spindle with yarn. Wood spindle with cotton yarn White yarn. 12 inches long. See Fig. 75c in Textiles of Highland Guatemala. Location: Chichicastenango.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 3-28067, described as Spindle with yarn. Wood spindle with cotton yarn White yarn. 12 inches long. See Fig. 75c in Textiles of Highland Guatemala. Location: Chichicastenango.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 3-28067, described as Spindle with yarn. Wood spindle with cotton yarn White yarn. 12 inches long. See Fig. 75c in Textiles of Highland Guatemala. Location: Chichicastenango.

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