Spinning wheel; Faroe Islands; 20th C.
date: label: date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Contemporary (late 20th C.) wool spinning wheel, made and used in Faroe Islands to encourage the use of traditional handicrafts. Important in the context of the mid-late 20th century American craft revival.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Shirley Cherkasky
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0495.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0495.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0495
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spinning Wheel
label: Object Name
content: prop, spinning wheel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 55 in x 8 in x 68 in; 139.7 cm x 20.32 cm x 172.72 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 70 in x 46 in x 80 in; 177.8 cm x 116.84 cm x 203.2 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68 in x 55 in x 8 in; 172.72 cm x 139.7 cm x 20.32 cm