Spinning wheel

Museum number:
7-1047
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
27 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.71
Description:
Wooden head (distaff) of spinning wheel; beautifully and richly colored; latter part of the 18th century; length 9 1/4 inches, width 5 inches.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sweden
Verbatim coll. place:
Sweden
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Collector:
Axel O. Lindstrom
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1966-1967 #19: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 1, 1966–December 20, 1966)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spinning wheel, accession number 7-1047, described as Wooden head (distaff) of spinning wheel; beautifully and richly colored; latter part of the 18th century; length 9 1/4 inches, width 5 inches.

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