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Spindle <textile technology>

This hand spindle has a wooden shaft and a whorl made from bones. A star and polka dot pattern has been inscribed into the surface of the whorl. The spun cotton is processed further to make yarn for clothing and body jewellery.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wapishana
Object type
Spindel
Dimensions
Length: 200.0 mm
Diameter: 45.0 mm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Wood, Bones
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
III/1094

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1911 - 1913
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    10.10.1914
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    America

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