Object Record
Images
1965014.jpg)
Metadata
Catalog Number |
(TR)1965.014 |
Object Name |
Wheel, Spinning |
Description |
This is a wooden spinning wheel, specifically a Great Wheel, in two parts: a tripodal base (a) and ten-spoked wheel (b). Spinning wheels are used to take fiber and spin it into yarn or thread. This spinning wheel lacks a treadle, so the spinner would have to use their hands to rotate the wheel. Spinning wheel. All parts: (TR)65.14.a-e |
Date |
c. 1800s |
Dimensions |
H-45 W-42 L-117 D-42.545 cm |
Place of Origin |
USA |
Material |
wood |
Subjects |
early ethnographic tools and technology |