Spindle whorl and spindle
date: label: Date created
content: 1880-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) (attributed)
label: Seller
content: Landsberg's Free Museum
label: Previous owner
content: Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935
label: Seller agent
content: Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Landsberg (1861-1935, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian artifacts with a shop called Landsberg's Free Museum); purchased by George Heye from Landsberg's Free Museum in 1905.
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place: label: Place
content: Becher Bay; Capital Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Vancouver Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4656
label: Barcode
content: 004656.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl and spindle
label: Media/Materials
content: Horn, wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved, perforated