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Object Number 46-77-30/9917
Display Title Spindle
Descriptions
Object Description Spindle; wooden stick, pointed at ends and wound with white cotton yarn. Barrel-shaped ceramic whorl has stepped line design in red, white, black.
Inventory Description Organic, wood, tool, spindle, stick pointed both ends, ceramic whorl, fiber wrap
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Central Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm (10 5/8 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9917

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