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String spinner, 2 pieces
String spinner, 2 pieces
Object Number 25-46-70/D2418
Display Title String spinner, 2 pieces
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spindle, one wood pin, tapered both ends, and flat wood piece center perforation
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Island
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms King Sound
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 45.3 x 1 x 0.9 cm (17 13/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object D2418
Provenance
Intermediary Mrs. Walter Badenach (1924)
Seller Unknown (1925)

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