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Object Number
2013.24.227
Display Title
Gourd for spinning cotton and unspun cotton
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Gourd, round, half, used for spinning cotton, small amount of unspun cotton
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Chimaltenango
Materials
Gourd ,
Dimensions
Overall: 13.5 × 14 × 5 cm (5 5/16 × 5 1/2 × 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
2013.24.227
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and
Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector
Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector
Carroll William Dodge
Donor
Donated by
Mary Dodge Cobb
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