Wooden Spindle-Whorl Item Number: E221179C-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Same as "A" except not stained as dark brown, and the carving on the top or face side represents a wolf-like animal curled around the edge but taking up most of the surface. Small piece of the upper edge, above the head has been split off but not damaing the carving, and a short crack on the lower right side has been bound together with a cord repair. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 5c, pg. 460."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904 on September 12, 1903
What
- Name
- Wooden Spindle-Whorl
- Identification Number
- E221179C-0
- Type of Item
- spindle whorl
Who
- Culture
- Cowichan
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on September 12, 1903
Other
- Accession Number
- 041512