Rope-Twister
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FIRST, THE TWISTER, A HEAVY PIECE OF OCATIAYA CACTUS STEM, 14 INCHES IN LENGTH. THE SMALLER END IS FLATTENED FOR 1 3/4 INCHES, AND A HOLE 5/16 INCH IN DIAMETER IS BORED THROUGH THE FLATTENED SIDES, 1 1/4 INCHES FROM THE END. BETWEEN THE HOLE AND THE SHORT END OF THE STICK ARE CUT TWO NOTCHES, AROUND WHICH THE FIBER OR HAIR TO BE TWISTED IS TIED. SECOND, A HANDLE OF MESQUITE WOOD, 1/4 INCH IN DIAMETER, THRUST THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE TWISTER. IT HAS AT ONE END A SMALL KNOT OR BUTTON, WHICH PREVENTS IT FROM PASSING ENTIRELY THROUGH. PAPAGO INDIANS, PIMA CO., ARIZONA, 1894. 174,537. COLLECTED BY W J MCGEE. THIS DEVICE IS USED FOR MAKING THE FIRST TWIST OF ALL FIBER AND HAIR ROPES. SUFFICIENT FIBER OR HAIRS TO MAKE THE FIRST THICKNESS OF THE SINGLE CORD ARE TIED AROUND THE TWISTER, BETWEEN THE END BUTTON AND THE HANDLE STICK; THE OTHER END OF THE STRANDS ARE HELD BY A SECOND PERSON BETWEEN THE THUMB AND CURVED FOREFINGER, WHILE BESIDE HIM LIE NUMBERS OF STRAIGHT BUNCHES OF ROPE FIBERS, OF PROPER SIZE. THE OPERATOR OF THE APPARATUS GRASPS THE HANDLE AND RAPIDLY TWIRLS THE TWISTER AROUND AND AROUND THE HANDLE, WHILE THE SECOND PERSON HOLDS THE TWISTING CORD TAUT AND FEEDS. CONT. SEE CARD.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fresnal, Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174537-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line Twister