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Object Number 19-4-10/87372
Display Title Spindle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wood spindle, terraced tip with perforated nut whorl.
Classification
  • Spindle
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tesuque
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Unknown
Materials Wood, Nut
Dimensions Overall: 25.1 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm (9 7/8 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87372
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1915 - 1919)
Donor Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1915 - 1919)

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