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Spindle | Spindle Whorl | Wool8683
Spindle Shaft | Spindle Whorl1-10645
Spindle Whorl1574
Spindle Whorl50.2/1958
Spindle Whorl1954.130

A wooden spindle whorl with carvings on one side of ?thunderbirds and ?salmon. There is also the spindle which appears to have been added at a much later date, perhaps in order to display the whorl.; Good

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Spindle WhorlH2.83 a-c

Clay, conical shaped spindle whorls (parts a-c) with a hole running through each. Part a: Black spindle whorl decorated with circles around a four point star-like image with a doted edge encapsulated within two lines that meet a point on opposite sides. Part b: Brown spindle whorl decorated with a liner pattern with the top line consisting of doom-like design followed a dotted strip surrounded by two undecorated lines that edge the object. Part c: Black spindle whorl decorated with circles around a four point star-like image with two doom-like images that meet a point on opposite sides.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlH2.134

Grey, clay, spindle whorl, domelike in shape with a hole through the centre; decorated with geometric designs of rings, scrolls and scallops, detailed with crosshatching; flat and undecorated on the bottom.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlA2290

Flat disc of brown bone with a circular hole through the centre.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlEe41

Plain wooden spindle with a thin, unadorned wooden whorl near the top; white thread-like fibre is wound around the shaft beneath the spindle.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlNbz901

Round wooden disc with a hole perforating its center and two fragments missing from its edge. The dorsal surface is slightly concave and has an incised, sylized design, which is unfinished. The ventral surface is convex and the central hole is its highest point. The central hole is slightly off centre. The surface of the wood is rough.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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