Spindle Whorl

97-567-22

From: Colombia

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 97-567-22
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 stemmed." as per register. Design is four bands, of two different interior patterns; two are cross-hatched, two are horizontal herringbone patterns. 3 rows of small circles in two of the spaces between bands. Two encircling lines around the edge. Stem is angled, not vertical, and decorated with four concentric lines and a row of small circles or dots. Dots all around the interior hole. Flat bottom has four circles, two of which have dots inside them.

Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-567-22 - Old Museum Number | 13304 - ANSP Number

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