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Object Number
26-63-40/E3229
Display Title
Spindle whorl
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spindle, wood stick, ivory whorl, incised, wrapped with dark blue thread
Classification
- Spindle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sámi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
Sápmi
Additional Geographic Terms
Sápmi
Materials
Wood, Ivory, Cotton, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 26.4 x 4.3 x 4.4 cm (10 3/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
E3229
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Martin Luther
(1926)
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