Spindle And Whorl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Aug 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Province M. Henry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Eleanor R. Henry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Province M. Henry
notes: label: Notes
content: A. SPINDLE IS A TRIMMED AND HIGHLY POLISHED LEGNTH OF REED. B. WHORL IS A PERFORATED POTTERY DISK DECORATED WITH TWO CONCENTRIC BANDS OF PUNCTATES...COLLECTOR SAYS: "USED LIKE A CHILDS TOP,...TO SPIN LEGNTHS OF RAMI YARN...TRADITIONAL. SOME DISKS ARE PLAIN." SEE KANO AND SEGAWA, 1956, PP. 371-372.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Lanyu X. / Botel Tobago (Orchid Island), Taidong X., Taiwan, China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yami (Tao)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 258290
label: USNM Number
content: E409909-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spindle
physicalDescription: label: Length - A
content: 41.8 cm
label: Diameter - B
content: 6.7 cm