Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 1000 BC–AD 1550 (Middle Formative to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Major J. A. L. Möller (Jacob A.L. Möller/Monty Möller), Non-Indian, 1883-1957
- Donor
- Major J. A. L. Möller (Jacob A.L. Möller/Monty Möller), Non-Indian, 1883-1957
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; probably purchased from local residents between 1949 and 1951 by Major Jacob A.L. Möller (1883-1957, a collector of Latin American antiquities and a New York City manufacturer and importer) during a stay in Mérida, Mexico; donated to MAI by Major Möller in 1951.
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- Place
- Campeche State; Mexico
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 21/8138
- Barcode
- 218138.000
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Object Name
- Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_232461