Navajo Spindles

Object/Artifact

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Navajo Spindles

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.81.1-2

Description

Two individual wooden dowels, each piercing a beveled wooden disk. One spindle has white yarn that has been spun around the dowel.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Navajo

Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Spindle

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Textile Manufacturing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

A42

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

NH 3

Dimensions

Length

35 in

Diameter

4-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

For NU 2021.81.1

Length

36 in

Diameter

4 in

Dimension Notes

For NU 2021.81.2

Material

Wood, Fabric

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dr. Ethel Dana Atkinson

Notes

Donor

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Ethel Dana Atkinson

Owner/Agent

Dr. Ethel Dana Atkinson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Jan 5, 1967