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Spindle Whorl

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Spindle Whorl

Geography:: Peru
Culture:: Peruvian; north coast (?)
Medium:: Ceramic, pigment
Dimensions:: Diameter 3/4 in. (2 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics-Implements
Credit Line:: Gift of Nathan Cummings, 1964
Accession Number:: 64.228.386

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Bruno J. Wassermann-San Blas Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina, acquired by 1938, until 1954; Nathan Cummings, Chicago, 1954–1964
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