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Wooden spindle with fishing line (wound up)

a) cross with string b) cross with string c) spool with string. Illustrates how two cottons are combined to make a string.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Wooden spindle with fishing line (wound up)
Dimensions
Length: 25 cm
Width: 17 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, rope
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 9238 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Indonesia
    Lesser Sunda Islands
    Timor
  • Collecting
    who
    J.G.F. Riedel (1832 - 1911) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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