Spindle

Museum number:
2-10424
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Made of wood. Disk wedged on pole with piece of red leather around hole in disk; white wood around pole.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1919
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 10.5 centimeters and length 56 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 2-10424, described as Made of wood. Disk wedged on pole with piece of red leather around hole in disk; white wood around pole.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 2-10424, described as Made of wood. Disk wedged on pole with piece of red leather around hole in disk; white wood around pole.

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