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Object Number
973-42-50/11736
Display Title
Spindles, with gourd collars (3 examples); "tchali buge", less expensive, but mo
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tchali buge
Object Description
Spindles, with gourd collars (3 examples); "tchali buge", less expensive, but more difficult to make than horn spindles; used for bulkier threads.
Inventory Description
Spindles, stick shaft w/ plain gourd disk whorls, 2 w/ thread, 2 red pigmented
Classification
- Spindle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1972-1973
Culture
- Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
/
Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms
Horo-Guduru; Lemu; Gidda-Kiramu
Materials
Gourd, Wood, Cotton thread
Dimensions
Overall: 25.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm (10 1/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
973-42-50/11736
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Liberia
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| 09-3-30/75794 | Spindles and part of a small loom ? |
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|
Peru
| |
| 08-36-70/74269 | Spindles of "linen" (dummi) fiber thread |
Spindle
|
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya | |
| 41-90-20/14286 | 3 spindles - one without a whorl |
Spindle
|
Solola
| |
| 09-3-30/75869 | Spindles |
Spindle
|
Peru
| |
| 09-3-30/75931 | Spindles |
Spindle
|
Piro
| |
| 973-42-50/11693B | "Buge Dada," small gourd, used for storing butter highly spiced for applying to |
Gourd
|
Ethiopia
| |
| 30-65-50/H1185.1 | Spindles with cotton thread |
Spindle
|
Congo
| |
| 30-65-50/H1185.2 | Spindles with cotton thread |
Spindle
|
Congo
| |
| 973-42-50/11693A | "Buge": goda bugo, gourd used for preparing batter used in making the staple bre |
Gourd
|
Northern Wallega
| |
| 54-18-30/7601 | Wooden spindles - modern |
Spindle
|
Peru
| |
| 75-20-30/8389 | Spindles |
Spindle
|
Arequipa
|