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Object Number 46-77-30/9923
Display Title Spindle
Descriptions
Object Description Spindle; wooden stick, pointed at ends. Cylindrical whorl with pointed ends, painted white with black dots and red stepped lines. Wound with white cotton yarn (z).
Inventory Description Organic, wood, tool, spindle, stick pointed at both ends, ceramic whorl, fiber w
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Central Coast
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm (10 1/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9923

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