Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0242A,B | |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Weaving implement (spindle) | |
| Culture | Highland Quechuan | |
| Global Region | South America | |
| Country | Peru | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Puno, Puno Province | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Town: Puno | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1978 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood | |
| Description | Spindle consisting of a hand carved cylindrical spindle rod carved from a length of bamboo-like wood that terminates at either end in a blunt point, and a round truncated beehive-shaped spindle whorl or wooden disk that was probably shaped on a lathe machine and decorated with 2 concentric circles on upper, flat surface and 3 concentric circles on undersides at the points with the whorl's diameter changes; Spindle rod passes through central perforation in whorl. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 6.4, Length = 32.8 | |