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Object Number
98-9-10/51789
Display Title
Spindle
Descriptions
Object Description
Spindle
Inventory Description
Spindle, carved wood, plain discoidal whorl held in place with crumpled paper
Classification
- Spindle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms
New Mexico, Northwest; Navajo Reservation
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 48.1 x 8.1 x 8.5 cm (18 15/16 x 3 3/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
98-9-10/51789
Provenance
Collector
George H. Pepper
(1897)
Donor
Frederick E. Hyde, Jr.
(1898)
Donor
B. Talbot B. Hyde
(1898)
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