Spool with Flax

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Spool with Flax
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Artist/Maker
Datedate unknown
MediumWood, wool
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 6 × 2 1/2 in. (35.6 × 15.2 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.21
Not on view
DescriptionSpool for spinning thread from natural fibers, with flax

Additional Details

Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, metal, cotton
Object number: 2023.10.29
Barbed spear tip
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, red and black pigment
Object number: S2023.2.6
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist, Sri Lankan
Date: before 1972
Medium: Woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.23a-e
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.24
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Metal
Object number: 2023.10.58
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: 19th-mid 20th century
Medium: Bamboo, black pigment, feathers, gum or resin, woven grass, stone
Object number: 2023.10.37
Censer (Xianglu) in the shape of a luan-bird
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: 206 B.C.E. - 220 C.E.
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1995.70a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, black and red pigment, shells or seeds, feathers, gum or resin
Object number: 2023.10.49
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: 1789-1925
Medium: Tinned copper, linen
Object number: 2023.10.66a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Woven plant fiber, pigment
Object number: 2023.10.18
Photograph by John Bentham.
Lorna Simpson
Date: 1995
Medium: Full color electrostatic heat transfer on wool felt
Object number: 1998.3.4
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist, Turkish
Date: c. 1860-1880
Medium: Leather, dyed cotton, wool gold thread, silver thread, fur
Object number: 2023.10.9