Spindle

Museum number:
9-21138
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021138
Accession number:
Acc.4469
Description:
Spindle, wood, square head with four fields of incised geometric designs, with carved and decorated edge (one element missing on corner), metal hook in center, red yarn attaching head and stalk Stalk, lighter colored wood, pointed, 26.5 centimeter length Head 9.5 centimeter square
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia; Turkey unspec.
Collection date:
1990
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 9-21138, described as Spindle, wood, square head with four fields of incised geometric designs, with carved and decorated edge (one element missing on corner), metal hook in center, red yarn attaching head and stalk Stalk, lighter colored wood, pointed, 26.5 centimeter length Head 9.5 centimeter square
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 9-21138, described as Spindle, wood, square head with four fields of incised geometric designs, with carved and decorated edge (one element missing on corner), metal hook in center, red yarn attaching head and stalk Stalk, lighter colored wood, pointed, 26.5 centimeter length Head 9.5 centimeter square

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