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Object Number 37-131-60/3033
Display Title Wooden spindle with flat stone whorl
Descriptions
Object Description Crude wooden spindle with flat stone whorl. Tibetans commonly carry a quantity of loose wool in folds of robes and spin it as they stroll along beside their pack horses, or wander around the market
Inventory Description Spindle, carved wood inserted into discoidal ground stone whorl
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Tibet
Additional Geographic Terms Chamdo; Tibet, eastern border of; Szechuan Province, adjoining
Materials Wood, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 37.3 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm (14 11/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-131-60/3033

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