Spindle Whorl
97-567-14
From: Colombia
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 97-567-14 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Colombia |
Culture Area | South American Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Clay |
Technique | Incised |
Description | "Pottery spindle whorl, brown, Class IIb" as per register. Design is three bands with diamonds in center, surrounded by circles, and bordered by lines. Two decorative bands around outside, one of diagonal lines, one with triangles with circles in the center. Stem is angled, not vertical, and has the same triangular band as the outside edge. Flat bottom has four T shapes made of circles. |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-567-14 - Old Museum Number | 13291 - ANSP Number |
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