Spindle whorl and spindle
date: label: Date created
content: 1950-1960
name: label: Culture/People
content: Ka'apor
label: Collector
content: Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
label: Seller
content: Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1962 by Dr. Borys Malkin (1917-2009, a naturalist and ethnographer); purchased by MAI from Borys Malkin in 1963.
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place: label: Place
content: Rio Gurupi (Gurupy); Canindé, Paragominas Municipality; Southeast Mesoregion, Paragominas Microregion; Pará State, North Region; Brazil
setName: label: See related items
content: Ka'apor
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/3213
label: Barcode
content: 233213.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
label: Indigenous Term
content: marakapa (spindle whorl)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl and spindle
label: Media/Materials
content: Turtle bone, palm wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 61 x 1 x 1.2 cm