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Object Number
95-5-60/47768
Display Title
Spindle whorls
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spindles, painted wood rods, carved wood whorls, painted, unspun wool
Classification
- Spindle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 23.3 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm (9 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
47768
Provenance
Donor
Miss E. R. Fisher
(1895)
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