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Object Number 10-58-30/82747
Display Title Spindles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden spindles with ceramic whorls, 2 with bone hook tips wrapped with fiber.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Woyawoi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Guyana
South America / British Guiana
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 4 x 3.9 cm (14 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 82747

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