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Object Number
2017.12.1
Display Title
Spinning wheel adapted from sewing machine
Descriptions
Object Description
Spinning wheel adapted from a Singer treadle sewing machine; wooden wheel replaces sewing machine; wooden cabinet on cast iron stand includes drawers on either side and tip-out center drawer
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1950-1970
Culture
- Salish?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
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Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island
Materials
Wood , Iron , Metal
Quantity
1
Credit Line
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Joan Whittaker Cummer
Provenance
Collector
Joan Whittaker Cummer
Donor
Donated by
American Textile History Museum
(9/7/2017)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003.1.915 | Wooden spinning wheel, turned legs, nailed together, metal hardware. |
Textileworking
|
Europe
| |
| 51-15-40/6267 | Top piece of wooden spinning wheel |
Textileworking
|
Finland
| |
| 51-15-40/6266 | Top piece of wooden spinning wheel |
Textileworking
|
Finland
| |
| 51-15-40/6271 | Top piece of wooden spinning wheel |
Textileworking
|
Finland
| |
| 51-15-40/6270 | Top piece of wooden spinning wheel |
Textileworking
|
Finland
| |
| 51-15-40/6268 | Top piece of wooden spinning wheel |
Textileworking
|
Finland
| |
| 2017.12.2 | Spinning wheel, charka |
Textileworking
|
Mumbai
| |
|
| 51-15-40/6267.1 | Top piece of wooden spinning wheel |
Textileworking
|
Finland
| |
| 04-19-70/63234 | Spinning wheel |
Textileworking
|
Borneo
Borneo | |
| 2004.29.2849 | Aleutian Sewing machine. Mark on lower right hand corner - HC |
Alaska
| ||
| 51-15-40/6234 | Wooden bobbin machine |
Textileworking
|
Porajarvi Parish
| |
| 51-15-40/6269 | Top piece of wooden spinning wheel |
Tools
|
Finland
|