- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden distaff. The shaft is decorated with incised and punched geometric designs and the head is formed of three interconnected spheres of ribs. [BS [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1926
- Date collected
- By 1926
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1926
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Reed Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Punched
- Dimensions
- Length: max 915 mm, Diameter: max 62 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1926.72.6
1926.72.6
Wooden distaff. The shaft is decorated with incised and punched geometric designs and the head is formed of three interconnected spheres of ribs. [BS [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
1926.72.6
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