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
Censer (Xianglu) in the shape of a luan-bird
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1995.70a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Metal
Object number: 2023.10.58
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1800-1950
Medium: Bamboo, black pigment, feathers, gum or resin, woven grass, stone
Object number: 2023.10.37
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain sheep horn
Object number: 1984.466
Hide Pouch
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather and thread
Object number: 1984.566
Place Mat
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.490
Halibut Hook
Date: c. 1850-1875 CE
Medium: Wood, metal, spruce root, and cotton twine
Object number: 1984.504
Spoon
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Wood
Object number: 1984.463