Spinning tools

Museum number:
16-20293a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm211620293a@2dd
Alternate number:
MVC-0300 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Spinning tools, wooden ;a) wooden strick 85 cm l. with partially spun undyed wool bendle on one end. b)20 cm l. wooden implement with two prongs (attached with wrapping paper and tape) wooden spindle and whorl 37 cm L. wrapped in spun undyed cotton; d) spindle and whorl 44 cm l. wrapped in dyed? spun and unspun yellow-orange wool .
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Peru?
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Wood (plant material), and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
used in the process of weaving
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
a— length 85 centimeters, b— length 20 centimeters, c— length 37 centimeters, and d— length 44 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Spinning tools, accession number 16-20293a-d, described as Spinning tools, wooden ;a) wooden strick 85 cm l. with partially spun undyed wool bendle on one end. b)20 cm l. wooden implement with two prongs (attached with wrapping paper and tape) wooden spindle and whorl 37 cm L. wrapped in spun undyed cotton; d) spindle and whorl 44 cm l. wrapped in dyed? spun and unspun yellow-orange wool .Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Spinning tools, accession number 16-20293a-d, described as Spinning tools, wooden ;a) wooden strick 85 cm l. with partially spun undyed wool bendle on one end. b)20 cm l. wooden implement with two prongs (attached with wrapping paper and tape) wooden spindle and whorl 37 cm L. wrapped in spun undyed cotton; d) spindle and whorl 44 cm l. wrapped in dyed? spun and unspun yellow-orange wool .Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Spinning tools, accession number 16-20293a-d, described as Spinning tools, wooden ;a) wooden strick 85 cm l. with partially spun undyed wool bendle on one end. b)20 cm l. wooden implement with two prongs (attached with wrapping paper and tape) wooden spindle and whorl 37 cm L. wrapped in spun undyed cotton; d) spindle and whorl 44 cm l. wrapped in dyed? spun and unspun yellow-orange wool .Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Spinning tools, accession number 16-20293a-d, described as Spinning tools, wooden ;a) wooden strick 85 cm l. with partially spun undyed wool bendle on one end. b)20 cm l. wooden implement with two prongs (attached with wrapping paper and tape) wooden spindle and whorl 37 cm L. wrapped in spun undyed cotton; d) spindle and whorl 44 cm l. wrapped in dyed? spun and unspun yellow-orange wool .Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Spinning tools, accession number 16-20293a-d, described as Spinning tools, wooden ;a) wooden strick 85 cm l. with partially spun undyed wool bendle on one end. b)20 cm l. wooden implement with two prongs (attached with wrapping paper and tape) wooden spindle and whorl 37 cm L. wrapped in spun undyed cotton; d) spindle and whorl 44 cm l. wrapped in dyed? spun and unspun yellow-orange wool .

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