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Object Number 13-24-60/85008
Display Title Spindle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spindle, carved wood, with discoidal whorl, spun with white thread
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Assam
Additional Geographic Terms Naga Hill
Dimensions Overall: 48.9 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm (19 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85008

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