Spindle

Museum number:
16-8399
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Spindle with yarn, short, and much thicker on one end than the other. Yarn in bands of different colors creating stripes around the spindle.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Huarocondo, Cusco Region, Southern Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru, Cuzco
Collector:
Barbara B. Rowe
Materials:
Clay, Cotton (textile), Paint (coating), Wood (plant material), and Yarn
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Accession date:
1954
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Comment:
No clay/whorl with spindle 10-25-13.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 16-8399, described as Spindle with yarn, short, and much thicker on one end than the other. Yarn in bands of different colors creating stripes around the spindle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 16-8399, described as Spindle with yarn, short, and much thicker on one end than the other. Yarn in bands of different colors creating stripes around the spindle.

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