Wooden Spindle-Whorl Item Number: E221179B-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Same as "A" except thinner, and the carving on the face, across the center only, represents a bird with wing spread above, and a large hooked beak - Right edge, in front of the beak, has a minor split off. Loaned to IAIA Santa Fe, NM April 1, 1966. Loan Returned Nov 28 1966. Loaned to the Whitney Museum of American Art on Sept. 10, 1971. Returned to the Department of Anthropology 2-9-72. Loan Glenbow Nov 13 1987. Loan returned Nov 25 1988. Illus.: The Spirit Sings catalogue, Glenbow-Alberta Inst., 1987, #N8, p. 134. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 5b, 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
- E221179B-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