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Object Number 75-20-30/8746
Display Title Spindle
Descriptions
Object Description Spindles, incised with birds and diamonds and painted red, white and black. Two have whorls, most have cotton yarn. Nineteen spindles all together with /8745 and /8746.
Inventory Description Organic, wood spindles, ceramic whorls, painted, fiber wrapped
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Coastal
  • Late horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Ancon
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon Valley
Dimensions Overall: 30.5 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (12 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 8746

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Spindle
75-20-30/8745 Spindle
Tool
Ancon
Organic, wooden spindle with whorl, both painted
75-20-30/8744 Organic, wooden spindle with whorl, both painted
Worked Wood
Ancon
Spindles
87-61-30/54573 Spindles
Tool
Ancon
Spindle
29-34-30/F780D Spindle
Tool
Peru
Spindle
29-34-30/F780E Spindle
Tool
Peru
Spindle and bobbin
42-28-30/4537 Spindle and bobbin
Tool
Nazca Province
Spindle
87-61-30/54595 Spindle
Tool
Ancon
Spindle
76-19-30/9995 Spindle
Tool
Chimbote
Spindle
87-61-30/54580A Spindle
Tool
Ancon
Spindle
54-18-30/7600 Spindle
Tool
Quilca?
Fourteen spindles and bobbins
982-4-30/10728 Fourteen spindles and bobbins
Tool
Peru
Spindle
87-61-30/54536 Spindle
Tool
Ancon