Wooden Spindle-Whorl Item Number: E221179A-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Round, thin wooden disk, slightly concave on inside, and convex on the top side which is carved - this one into two faces (human) facing each other at the hole in the center. Design covers the who surface. Brownish color, well used, in good condition (1965). These were once called Tlinkit from SE. Alaska, but 9/1962 Bill Holm of Seattle, Wash. said these were definitely Salish, and not Tlinkit. These were said to be used with spindles that held goats wool. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 5a, 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
- E221179A-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