- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden spindle with white cotton yarn. There is a hook carved at the end of the shaft. The whorl is made of gourd plant and has been incised with linear and zigzag patterns. [PR [OPS move] 26/4/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Wayana
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1963
- Date collected
- April - October 1963
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1964
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Gourd Plant, Process Carved, Process Wound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 240 mm, Diameter: max 30 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1964.2.64
1964.2.64
Wooden spindle with white cotton yarn. There is a hook carved at the end of the shaft. The whorl is made of gourd plant and has been incised with linear and zigzag patterns. [PR [OPS move] 26/4/2017]
1964.2.64
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