Spindle whorl

Museum number:
5-2955a
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
30 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Spindle whirls"; Mazari; clay; white ground with painted red, blue and green designs; attached to sticks 9 1/2 (24 cm) long.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Genye market, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Hausa; Genye Market
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whorls (spindle flywheels)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 5-2955a, described as Spindle whirls"; Mazari; clay; white ground with painted red, blue and green designs; attached to sticks 9 1/2 (24 cm) long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 5-2955a, described as Spindle whirls"; Mazari; clay; white ground with painted red, blue and green designs; attached to sticks 9 1/2 (24 cm) long.

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