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Object Number 10-58-30/82775
Display Title Spindles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spindles, wooden sticks wrapped w/ yarn, w/ painted bone whorls and metal tips.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wapishana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Dimensions Overall: 27.5 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm (10 13/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object 82775

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