Spindle

Museum number:
9-21139
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021139
Accession number:
Acc.4469
Description:
Spindle, light colored wood, round head painted black and red/brown, scored design, undyed yarn attached, metal hook at top, stalk with pointed end Diameter of head 8 centimeters Stalk 12 centimeter length
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia; Turkey unspec.
Collection date:
1990
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 9-21139, described as Spindle, light colored wood, round head painted black and red/brown, scored design, undyed yarn attached, metal hook at top, stalk with pointed end Diameter of head 8 centimeters Stalk 12 centimeter length
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 9-21139, described as Spindle, light colored wood, round head painted black and red/brown, scored design, undyed yarn attached, metal hook at top, stalk with pointed end Diameter of head 8 centimeters Stalk 12 centimeter length

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