Spindle
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
label: Collector
content: Dr. Cynthia Beall
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
notes: label: Notes
content: COLLECTOR'S TAG SAYS "AKUR WOOD SPINNING SPINDLE-PHALA NOMADS 1988. MADE BY VILAGERS." WOOD SPINDLE WITH SPUN YARN AND BUNDLE OF WOOL. SPINDLE IS WOOD STICK WITH TWO HEAVIER PIECES OF WOOD CROSSING NEAR THE BOTTOM. TIP IS METAL (BRASS?), AND THERE IS A METAL HOOK AT BOTTOM END. BUNDLE OF OFF-WHITE/ GRAY WOOL, SOME OF IT Z-SPUN ONTO SPINDLE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chang Tang (Changthang) Region, Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan, Phala
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430486-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spindle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Spindle
content: 29 cm
label: Width - Spindle
content: 8.5 cm