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Object Number 46-50-20/17228
Display Title Modern wooden spindle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spindle, stick w/pointed ends and brown bands, ceramic whorl w/ brown pigment
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Quiché
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 39.6 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm (15 9/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-50-20/17228

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