Spindle, spindle whorl, and fiber/yarn
name: label: Culture/People
content: Shipibo
label: Collector
content: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
label: Previous owner
content: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
label: Seller
content: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1965 and 1966 by Nicole H. Maxwell (1905-1998, a pioneering researcher of traditional South American Native medicine and ethnobotany from the 1940s through the 1980s); purchased by MAI from Nicole H. Maxwell in 1967.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Río Ucayali; Libertador, Contamana District; Ucayali Province; Loreto Region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Shipibo
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/9695
label: Barcode
content: 239695.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle, spindle whorl, and fiber/yarn
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery, wood, cotton yarn
label: Techniques
content: Modeled