Spindle stick

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Object Number 2002.1.2401

Display Title Spindle stick

Descriptions

Object Description Spindle stick

Inventory Description Carved wooden spindle stick, bone tip with fiber ties and resin.

Classification

Spindle

Department Ethnographic

Materials Wood, Bone, Fiber, Resin

Dimensions Overall: 26 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (10 1/4 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2002.1.2401

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39-112-60/6657	Spindle - wooden stick with wooden disc at end, iron hook	Spindle	Afghanistan
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38-60-30/1774	Spinning tool for fibre wool - complete with wooden spindle and sample of fibre	Spindle	Ecuador
32-61-50/B5153	Spindle	Spindle	Madagascar
973-42-50/11703	"Tehali", horn hewn spindle head, made from the solid tip of a steers' horn.	Spindle	Northern Wallega
32-61-50/B5154	Spindle	Spindle	Madagascar
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36-56-50/1482	Cotton spindle	Spindle	Zambia

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