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Object Number 75-20-30/8771
Display Title Spindle
Descriptions
Object Description 55 spindles and/or bobbins of wood. Pointed on two ends, some painted, some with cotton yarn, and some with painted and incised ceramic whorls. Geometric designs.
Inventory Description Organic, wood, tool, spindles, tapered pointed sticks, fiber, ceramic whorls
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Horizon?
  • Central Coast
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Ancon
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon Valley
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 0.8 cm (11 13/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 55

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Spindle
75-20-30/8771.1 Spindle
Floral Remain
Ancon
Spinning/weaving implements
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Tool
Ancon
Spindle
54-18-30/7600 Spindle
Tool
Quilca?
Spindle
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Tool
Nazca Province
Fourteen spindles and bobbins
982-4-30/10728 Fourteen spindles and bobbins
Tool
Peru
Spindle
26-66-30/F663.2 Spindle
Tool
Raw Material
Peru
Spindle
76-19-30/9996 Spindle
Tool
Chimbote
Spindle, tripartite
46-77-30/6404 Spindle, tripartite
Tool
K 38
Spindle and bobbin
42-28-30/4537 Spindle and bobbin
Tool
Nazca Province
Spindle
87-61-30/54580A Spindle
Tool
Ancon
Spindle
87-61-30/54595 Spindle
Tool
Ancon
Spindle and bobbin
46-77-30/6350 Spindle and bobbin
Tool
Vilcoshuara