Spindle Whorl
97-567-17
From: Colombia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-567-17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Colombia |
| Culture Area | South American Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Clay |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | "Pottery spindle whorl, hard baked brown, Class IIb stemmed." as per register. Design is three bands, with two interior diamonds, with circles inside. Encircling band with perpendicular lines. Stem is angled, not vertical, and decorated with a continuation of the design from the 3 bands. Four lines made of circles on the flat bottom, extending from the interior hole to the exterior edge, where they have double lined perpendicular ends, making a T shape. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-567-17 - Old Museum Number | 13294 - ANSP Number | 67 - Original Number |
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