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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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