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Object Number 37-131-60/3034
Display Title Wooden spindle with flat stone whorl
Descriptions
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: 29.5 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm (11 5/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-131-60/3034

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