Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900–1200 (Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Dorothy H. Popenoe (Mrs. Wilson Popenoe), Non-Indian, 1899-1932
- Seller
- Dorothy H. Popenoe (Mrs. Wilson Popenoe), Non-Indian, 1899-1932
- Collection History
- Excavated between 1928 and 1930 by Dorothy Popenoe (1899-1932, a botanist who excavated in Honduras); purchased by MAI from Dorothy Popenoe in 1930.
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- Place
- Playa de los Muertos, Río Ulúa valley; El Progreso Municipality; Yoro Department; Honduras
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 17/8377
- Barcode
- 178377.000
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Object Name
- Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, incised, punctate
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_190918