Spindle

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Object Number 87-61-30/54585

Display Title Spindle

Descriptions

Object Description Spindle: wooden stick pointed at each end and wrapped with brown cotton yarns. The blackware ceramic whorl is incised withcrosses and lines, filled with red and white pigment.

Inventory Description Organic, wooden tool, spindle, ceramic whorl, painted, fiber wrapped

Classification

Tool

Department Archaeological

Culture

Central Coast
Late Intermediate period

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Ancon

Intrasite Prehistoric Graves

Additional Geographic Terms Chillon Valley

Materials Wood, Ceramic, Fiber, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (10 1/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 54585

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