Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 200–1600 (Nehuange to Tairona period)
- Culture/People
- probably Tairona (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Russell Hastings Millward (Russell H. Millward), Non-Indian, 1877-1958
- Previous owner
- Russell Hastings Millward (Russell H. Millward), Non-Indian, 1877-1958
- Seller
- Russell Hastings Millward (Russell H. Millward), Non-Indian, 1877-1958
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents by Russell Hastings Millward (1877-1958, an author and explorer), probably during travels in Latin America between 1910 and 1916; purchased by MAI in 1918 from Russell Hastings Millward using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Santa Marta; Santa Marta Municipality; Magdalena Department; Colombia
- See related items
- Tairona (archaeological culture)
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 7/7643
- Barcode
- 077643.000
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Object Name
- Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Incised, polished
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_83719