Spindle whorl
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Collector
content: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
label: Seller/source
content: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1874 and 1894 by Reverend Thomas Crosby (1840-1914, an English missionary who worked with North Pacific Coast peoples from 1863 to about 1900); purchased by George Heye from Reverend Crosby in 1908.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Tongass; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Tongass Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/8924
label: Barcode
content: 018924.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled, incised