Drop Spindle Item Number: 2509/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Item is a spindle with undyed, spun wool wrapped around above the whorl with a small, loose bundle of raw wool at the end of the completed thread. The spindle is plain wood. The whorl has two dark, incised lines running around the upper surface, and a double and single dark line running around the whorl's lower surface.
History Of Use
For spinning fibres such as wool.
Item History
- Made by Luz Nati Yucra Quispe (Maker) in Taquile, Puno, Peru during 1995
- Owned by Luz Nati Yucra Quispe before 1995
- Owned by Mary Frame between 1995 and November 21, 2000
- Received from Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source) on November 21, 2000
What
- Name
- Drop Spindle
- Identification Number
- 2509/9
- Type of Item
- spindle
- Material
- wood and wool fibre
- Overall
- height 33.0 cm, diameter 5.75 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Creator
- Luz Nati Yucra Quispe (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Luz Nati Yucra Quispe and Mary Frame
- Received from
- Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Taquile, Puno, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- during 1995
- Ownership Date
- before 1995 and between 1995 and November 21, 2000
- Acquisition Date
- on November 21, 2000
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2509/0009