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Spindle Whorl3501/2 a-f

Six circular whorls (part a-f). Part a: orange coloured and dome-like in shape; top has a slight curve, bottom is flat; hole through the centre; incised, alternating square motif, with dots, around body. Base has a wavy line, with pointed crests, incised around the centre opening. Part b: black-grey colour and dome-like in shape; top has a slight curve, bottom is flat; hole through centre; raised, vertical rectangle motif around body. Part c: top is orange, sides and bottom are grey-white; top and bottom are flat. Hole through centre; raised, horizontal rectangle motif around body. Part d: dark grey-brown colour with flat top and bottom; hole through centre; vertical rectangle motif around body, done in low relief. Part e: dark grey colour with a slightly curved top and bottom; hole through centre; undecorated. Part f: dark grey colour with tapering edges; hole through centre; undecorated.

Culture
Meso-American
Material
clay
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3263/72

Spindle with long, thin wooden shaft; pointed at both ends and thicker towards the centre. Encircling lines in dark brown and white paint decorate the shaft, towards the bottom end of the spindle.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3263/71

Spindle. Long, thin wooden shaft pointed at both ends and thicker at centre; pierces a clay bead in centre. Encircling lines in dark brown, yellow and white paint decorate the shaft on both sides of bead. Bead is round, painted black and decorated with an incised line towards its top. Line is filled with white paint. Tufts of wool(?) spun around the shaft, above the bead.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre ?, wood, clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3263/88

Fragment of a spindle shaft. Top end is tapered, bottom end is splintered. Dark and light brown bands painted near the base. Dark yellow cotton yarn wound around shaft, above the painted decoration.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle Whorl, BoneSAJH132696

Property of the National Park Service, see ANCS data base, Burke Museum

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Spindle Whorl, Bone45-CA-24/1

Thin disc-like spindle whorl with deeply excised line around central perforation and many excised punctations.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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