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Spindle

Spindle with whorl made of tortoiseshell Spindle with whorl: The spindle consists of a wooden stick, the upper end of which is thickened with resin. After 13.5 cm from the lower end of the stick, the whorl, a circular, flat bone disc, is attached. This is decorated with concentric, thin, incised circles and small dots, which were probably at least partially coloured black. Above the whorl, natural-coloured cotton is wound up to the tip of the stick (file B). Spindle made from a wooden stick; the upper end slightly thickened with resin; the whorl made from a circular, flat bone disc; white cotton wound up (file W).

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wapischana
Object type
Spindle
Dimensions
Length: 27 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Resin , Bones , Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 60944

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    French Guiana
    who
    Wapischana
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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