Spindle

Museum number:
2-38378
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020038378
Accession number:
Acc.1788
Description:
Wooden, with work in progress. Tan wood. Wood whorl.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project
Collection place:
Canyon de Chelly, Apache County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Apache; Canyon de Chelly
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 27 inches
Loans:
S1975-1976 #12: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (September 8, 1975–November 14, 1975)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 2-38378, described as Wooden, with work in progress. Tan wood. Wood whorl.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 2-38378, described as Wooden, with work in progress. Tan wood. Wood whorl.

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