Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or acquired by anthropologist Elayne Zorn (1952-2010), who conducted research in Latin America and the U.S. from the early 1970s to about 2006; donated to NMAI by her son Gavriel Cutipa-Zorn in 2011.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Quechua (attributed)
- Collector
- Elayne Zorn (Elayne Leslie Zorn), Non-Indian, 1952-2010
- Previous owner
- Elayne Zorn (Elayne Leslie Zorn), Non-Indian, 1952-2010
- Donor
- Gavriel Cutipa-Zorn, Non-Indian/Quechua
- Date created
- 1970-2000
- Object Name
- Spindle whorl and spindle
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved, commercially produced/manufactured
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 7.0 x 0.8 cm
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Indigenous Term
- pushka
