Title
Spindle whorls were used by the Coast Salish during spinning to prevent the wool slipping from the spindle
Caption
Spindle whorls were used by the Coast Salish during spinning to prevent the wool slipping from the spindle, This spindle whorl is decorated with a design of human heads and reptiles. Museum no. 9658 Northwest Coast of America. Salish. collected 1908. Port Hammond, Lower Fraser River.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A29_394
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
34,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 11,5in x 11,5in / 3448 x 3448 (300dpi)