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Object Number
14-5-10/85938
Display Title
Spindle whorl and stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spindle, carved wood, incised design on whorl, brown wool yarn attached
Classification
- Spindle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Navajo Reservation
Materials
Wood, Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 54.4 x 7.7 x 7.8 cm (21 7/16 x 3 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
85938
Provenance
Collector
Samuel J. Guernsey
(1914)
Collector
Dr. Alfred Vincent Kidder
(1914)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1914)
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