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Object Number 06-61-20/C3960
Display Title Spindle
Descriptions
Object Description Spindles
Inventory Description Spindles, pointed wood, wrapped withcotton string, 1 pt. broken
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Lacandón Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Chiapas
Materials Wood, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 28.5 x 28.8 x 1.1 cm (11 1/4 x 11 5/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object C/3960

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