Spinning wheel head, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.2183.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Bats head of cherry (turnings), iron (spindle), and fiber of some sort of braided and wrapped which both hold the spindle in place and serve as bearings allowing the spindle to turn. One of these is pinned with a crataegus thorn. Natural or unfinished.

New York Mount Lebanon

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Shaker Museum Component, Spinning Wheel. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=7462. Accessed on September 24, 2024

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