Spindle

29-60-26

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Chama (Guatemala)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29-60-26
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Chama (Guatemala)
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Wood | Nut (plant) | Cotton
Description

Wooden spindle for spinning cotton; the knob or weight is the nut of a wine palm. The spindle has a little yarn on it, running off into a tuft of raw cotton [unbeaten -- only the seeds picked out.] In a separate piece of paper is a little of the cotton with the seeds still in it.

Length 26 cm
Credit Line Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920
Other Number 252 - Field No SF

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