Spindle
About this object
Narrative
Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.
Cultural context
textile production
Physical description
Small spindle and whorl. The long, thin wooden shaft is pointed at both ends, thicker at centre, where it pierces a clay bead. Encircling stripes of white, brown, and red brown paint decorate the shaft on both sides of the bead. The bead is bulbous, painted black, with three groups of concentric circles carved into the clay and painted white.
Date Made
Paracas ? (900 B.C.E.-100 B.C.E. ?)
Date Acquired
9 May 2014
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 30.2 cm x 1.4 cm x 1.4 cm
Object Number
3060/11