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Wooden spindle (hand-driven) with spun wool on it
Wooden spindle (hand-driven) with spun wool on it
Object Number 976-61-30/9989
Display Title Wooden spindle (hand-driven) with spun wool on it
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kurkanu
Object Description Wooden spindle (hand-driven) with spun wool on it. Called a kurkanu in the Bintukua language. 42 x 7 cm.
Inventory Description Carved wooden spindle, wood discoidal whorl, with gray spun wool.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1976
Culture
  • Iku
  • Arhuaco
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Southern corner of
Materials Wood, Wool
Dimensions Overall: 41.7 x 6.6 x 6.5 cm (16 7/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 976-61-30/9989; 10
Provenance
Collector James Billipp (1976)

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