Detachable stone whorl. Grey stone with a flat base, and roundly tapered to a blunt point at one end. Perforated through the centre. [IL [OPS Move] 4/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Detachable stone whorl. Grey stone with a flat base, and roundly tapered to a blunt point at one end. Perforated through the centre. [IL [OPS Move] 4/4/2017]
Long description: Detachable stone whorl. Grey stone with a flat base, and roundly tapered to a blunt point at one end. Perforated through the centre. [2005.114.7 .1] inserted through the the central perforation.[IL [OPS Move] 4/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; Savu
Person: Field collector Felicity Wood; PRM source Felicity Wood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/2004
Date collected: August 2005
Acquisition information: Donated: 05/10/2005
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter: max 27 mm, Length: max 25 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2005.114.7.2 Other numbers: Donor's catalogue item 8
Research and responses: See Genevieve Duggan, 'Ikats of Savu Women Weaving History in Eastern Indonesia' Studies in Material Cultures of Southeast Asia No. 1, Bangkok 2001 [MdeA 18/10/2005]

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