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Object Number
17-17-10/87117
Display Title
Spindle and whorl, yew wood and whale bone; hilpachto
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
hilpachto
Object Description
Spindle and whorl, yew wood and whale bone; hilpachto
Inventory Description
Spindle and whorl, carved wood spindle, carved bone whorl, discoidal, plain
Classification
- Spindle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms
Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 22 x 6.3 x 6.3 cm (8 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87117 & 10
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
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Solola
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| 74-3-30/7905.2 | Spindle, carved wood, 1 end grooved, broken |
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Asia
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Arizona
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Chiapas
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New Mexico
| |
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