Spindle

Museum number:
5-10163
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Alternate number:
B-2086 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
spindle; reed handle; red and black painted clay whorl; L. 22 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Oyo; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Clay and Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 22 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-5 (Murdock 31:31)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spindle, accession number 5-10163, described as spindle; reed handle; red and black painted clay whorl; L. 22 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spindle, accession number 5-10163, described as spindle; reed handle; red and black painted clay whorl; L. 22 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 5-10163, described as spindle; reed handle; red and black painted clay whorl; L. 22 cm.

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