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Object Number 54-18-30/7600
Display Title Spindle
Descriptions
Object Description 3 old wooden spindles: Four spindles/bobbins; two painted, two with ceramic whorls; all wound with cotton yarn.
Inventory Description Organic, wood, tool, spindles, tapered, pointed wood, wound with fiber, whorls
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / <State> / <County> / <City> / Quilca?
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Titicaca; Southern Highlands; Lake Titicaca Region?
Dimensions Overall: 26.5 x 1.4 cm (10 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 4

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