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Object Number 35-106-20/13193
Display Title Molded pottery spindle whorls
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic spindle whorls, small, molded disk shape with one domed side and central perforation, elaborate impressed figural and other repeating designs on domed side, opposite sides plain and mostly flat, with red pigment overall and burnished, some losses
Classification
  • Spindle whorl
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Valley of Mexico
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of one): 3.3 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 35-106-20/13193

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