Spindle Whorl
97-82-244
From: Mexico (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-82-244 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mexico (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | Convex side with lines as if built up a clay roll. Broken. As per ANSP Ledger Remarks "See Keller, "Lake Dwellings," pl. XXXVII. fig. 20 (See note to no. 11119)" & "More probably Tarascan, judged by the ware, See Starr l.c." Note for ANSP #11119 reads "See Keller. "Lake Dwellings of Switzerland" plate. LXXXV. fig. 9." & "These spindle whorls were mixed with Mexican when transmitted from New York" |
| Outside Diameter | 2.7 |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-82-244 - Old Museum Number | 4237 - ANSP Number |
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