Culture/People:

Shipibo  Search this

Collector:

Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this

Previous owner:

Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this

Seller:

Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this

Object Name:

Spindle, spindle whorl, and fiber/yarn

Media/Materials:

Pottery, wood, cotton yarn

Techniques:

Modeled

Object Type:

Weaving tools/equipment

Place:

Río Ucayali; Libertador, Contamana District; Ucayali Province; Loreto Region; Peru

Collection History:

Collected between 1965 and 1966 by Nicole H. Maxwell (1905-1998, a pioneering researcher of traditional South American Native medicine and ethnobotany from the 1940s through the 1980s); purchased by MAI from Nicole H. Maxwell in 1967.

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Catalog Number:

23/9695

Barcode:

239695.000

See related items:

Shipibo

Weaving tools/equipment

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e5a81d82-d077-4146-a500-f8bf50b1919f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_255416