Spindle Item Number: 3060/12 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small spindle and whorl. The long, thin wooden shaft is pointed at both ends, thicker at centre, where it pierces a clay bead. Small sections of black paint, very worn, decorate the shaft on both sides of the bead. The bead is wide and bulbous pointed at midpoint, with a line of dripping black paint above the midpoint, and a single encircling line of red brown below.
Narrative
Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.
Cultural Context
textile production
Item History
- Made in Ica, Peru ? between 901 BCE and 101 BCE
- Owned by Mavis Balshaw
- Owned by Sheila Petrie before May 9, 2014
- Received from Sheila Petrie (Donor) on May 9, 2014
What
Who
- Culture
- Paracas ?
- Previous Owner
- Mavis Balshaw and Sheila Petrie
- Received from
- Sheila Petrie (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ica, Peru ?
When
- Creation Date
- between 901 BCE and 101 BCE
- Ownership Date
- before May 9, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on May 9, 2014
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3060/0012