Spindle with cotton yarn

Museum number:
3-28070
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1853 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO T1 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO card cat)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Spindle with yarn. Wood spindle, cotton yarn. Colors: natural wood, brown yarn. 12.5 inches long. See Fig. 75c in Textiles of Highland Guatemala Location: Panajachel
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala Panajachel
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Wood (plant material), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 12.5 inches
Comment:
T1 is FIg 75c1 per LMO book
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spindle with cotton yarn, accession number 3-28070, described as Spindle with yarn. Wood spindle, cotton yarn. Colors: natural wood, brown yarn. 12.5 inches long. See Fig. 75c in Textiles of Highland Guatemala Location: Panajachel
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle with cotton yarn, accession number 3-28070, described as Spindle with yarn. Wood spindle, cotton yarn. Colors: natural wood, brown yarn. 12.5 inches long. See Fig. 75c in Textiles of Highland Guatemala Location: PanajachelDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle with cotton yarn, accession number 3-28070, described as Spindle with yarn. Wood spindle, cotton yarn. Colors: natural wood, brown yarn. 12.5 inches long. See Fig. 75c in Textiles of Highland Guatemala Location: Panajachel

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