Head of spinning wheel (distaff), painted wood; burned sticks all cut out in one piece; decorated with painted rosettes; pieces of mirror imbedded in the bottom of the head; length 21.5 in
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sweden
Verbatim coll. place:
'Sweden'
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Collector:
Axel O. Lindstrom
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #16: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (August 11, 1969–June 17, 1971)