Spindle
About this object
Narrative
Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.
Cultural context
textile production
Physical description
Small spindle whorl. The long, thin wooden shaft is pointed at both ends, thicker at centre, where it pierces a clay bead. Encircling lines in brown, black and white paint decorate the shaft on both sides of the bead. The bead is long, round, and narrow, decorated with incised lines in geometric shaped, and filled with paint in white and orange.
Date Made
Paracas ? (900 B.C.E.-100 B.C.E. ?)
Date Acquired
9 May 2014
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 28.3 cm x .6 cm x .6 cm
Object Number
3060/13