Textile, spindle

Museum number:
3-28071a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210328071a@2dc
Alternate number:
1855 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
(a) Spindle with yarn; (b) spindle whorl; (c) unspun fiber (a) wood, cotton yarn; (b) wood; (c) cotton. White yarn and fiber. (a) 10.25 inches long; (b) 1.25 inch diameter
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala?
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 1.25 inches and length 10.25 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, spindle, accession number 3-28071a-c, described as (a) Spindle with yarn; (b) spindle whorl; (c) unspun fiber (a) wood, cotton yarn; (b) wood; (c) cotton. White yarn and fiber. (a) 10.25 inches long; (b) 1.25 inch diameterDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, spindle, accession number 3-28071a-c, described as (a) Spindle with yarn; (b) spindle whorl; (c) unspun fiber (a) wood, cotton yarn; (b) wood; (c) cotton. White yarn and fiber. (a) 10.25 inches long; (b) 1.25 inch diameter

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