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Spinning tool for fibre wool - complete with wooden spindle and sample of fibre
Spinning tool for fibre wool - complete with wooden spindle and sample of fibre
Object Number 38-60-30/1774
Display Title Spinning tool for fibre wool - complete with wooden spindle and sample of fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden spindle and whorl, spindle is a cut stick.
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Payamino
  • Quichua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 39.1 x 6.1 x 6.8 cm (15 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-60-30/1774

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