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Spinning wheel, charka
Object Number 2017.12.2
Display Title Spinning wheel, charka
Descriptions
Object Description Spinning wheel, charka
Inventory Description Charka, portable, spinning wheel for cotton, encased in wooden box
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Date after 1925
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Maharashtra / <County> / Mumbai
Materials Wood , Metal
Dimensions Overall: 5 × 25 × 16.5 cm (1 15/16 × 9 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.12.2
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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