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Spindle. Wooden shaft and wooden disc. 71x12x12 cm.
Spindle. Wooden shaft and wooden disc. 71x12x12 cm.
Object Number 88-51-10/48039
Display Title Spindle. Wooden shaft and wooden disc. 71x12x12 cm.
Descriptions
Object Description Spindle. Wooden shaft and wooden disc. 71x12x12 cm.
Inventory Description Wooden spindle with whorl and wool
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / McKinley County / <City> / Zuni Pueblo
Materials Wood, Wool
Dimensions Overall: 71.8 x 12.4 x 12.3 cm (28 1/4 x 4 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48039; 1333; 69235
Provenance
Collector Col. James Stevenson (1881)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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