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Object Number 46-77-30/9595

Display Title Spindle

Descriptions

Object Description Spindle; wooden stick, tapered at each end, with hollow section of reed slipped onto it (as whorl?). Reed (3 cm., length) pyroengraved; design concealed under cotton yarn (z) wound over much of stick.

Inventory Description Organic, wood, tool, spindle, wood stick, tapered, pointed both end, fiber wrapp

Classification

Tool

Department Archaeological

Culture

Late Intermediate period

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Vilcoshuara

Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast

Materials Wood, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 28.5 x 1.8 cm (11 1/4 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

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46-77-30/9597	Spindle	Tool	Vilcoshuara
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46-77-30/9317	Spindle, tripartite	Tool	South Cemetery
46-77-30/9908	Spindle	Tool	Peru
46-77-30/9327	Spindle, tripartite	Tool	South Cemetery
46-77-30/9320	Spindle, tripartite	Tool	South Cemetery
46-77-30/9927	Spindle	Tool	Peru

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