Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 2500 BC–AD 1540 (Late Preceramic to Late Horizon period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central Andes (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Seller
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) from an unknown source, probably in 1929; purchased by MAI from Hyatt Verrill in 1929.
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- Place
- Lambayeque Region; Peru
- See related items
- Central Andes (archaeological)
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/4799
- Barcode
- 164799.000
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Object Name
- Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_176622