Spindle
29-60-26
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Chama (Guatemala)
Curatorial Section: American
| 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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