Spindle
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Corbiniano (or Gorbiniano) Villaca (resident in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); purchased by MAI from Corbiniano Villaca in 1926.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1900-1925
- Catalog Number
- 14/6444
- Barcode
- 146444.000
- Culture/People
- Wayana (Oyana)
- Previous owner
- Corbiniano Villaca (Gorbiniano Villaca), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Corbiniano Villaca (Gorbiniano Villaca), Non-Indian
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Object Name
- Spindle
- Media/Materials
- Wood, rodent tooth/teeth, cordage
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped
- Place
- Upper Rio Paru de Este; Almeirim Municipality; Pará State, North Region; Brazil
- See related items
- Wayana (Oyana)
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Record ID
- NMAI_157334
- Usage
- CC0
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