Thread Winding Reel
P1473D
From: Sumatra | West Sumatra | Gurun
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1473D |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minangkebau |
| Provenience | Sumatra | West Sumatra | Gurun |
| Date Made | 1901 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Cotton |
| Description | Reel consisting of two wooden discs - one large, one small - connected by four thin pieces of wood and four cotton threads. Through center, a hollow bamboo (?) tube for axle. Projecting from the larger disk, a handle for turning. |
| Length | 31.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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