Spindle whorl and spindle
date: label: Date created
content: 1973
name: label: Culture/People
content: Machiguenga
label: Donor
content: G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian
label: Collector
content: Rita J. Erickson (Rita E. Montgomery), Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Rita J. Erickson (then Rita E. Montgomery) in 1973 during anthropological research organized by G. Edward Montgomery in Machiguenga villages near Yarinacocha and Shimaa, Peru; donated to NMAI by Dr. G. Edward Montgomery in 2006.
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place: label: Place
content: Shimaa; La Convención Province; Cusco (Cuzco) Region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Machiguenga
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/5611
label: Barcode
content: 265611.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
label: Indigenous Term
content: kirikanetotsi
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl and spindle
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery, wood, cotton thread
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, carved, spun
label: Dimensions
content: 23.3 x 3.2 x 3.4 cm