Wooden spindle with yarn wound around it. The shaft tapers at both end. For the stone whorl associated see [2008.57.57 .2] [PR [OPS move] 26/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden spindle with yarn wound around it. The shaft tapers at both end. For the stone whorl associated see [2008.57.57 .2] [PR [OPS move] 26/4/2017]
Long description: Spindle [.1] with yarn. The spindle [.1] is made from a light wood, peach wood and tappers at both ends. At one end, a notch has been carved. A length of plant fibre yar, fique, has been wound around the spindle. [FC 4/8/2009]
Geographical reference: Colombia
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Colombia; Boyaca Department Guateque
Person: Field collector Marianne Schrimpff; PRM source Marianne Schrimpff
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1966
Date collected: 1966
Acquisition information: Donated: 05/12/2007 Acquired: 2008
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Stone, Material Agave Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Perforated, Process Wound, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter: max 25 mm, Length: max 365 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2008.57.51.1 Other numbers: 46 11
Associated publications: See Marianne Cardale Schrimpff Techniques of Hand Weaving and Allied Arts in Colombia (DPhil thesis in Balfour Library: 3 vols, text, drawings and photos). [MdeA 30/01/2009]