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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-27585, described as Spindle whorl; pottery; hemispherical shapes; red-slipped; perforated, diameter 2.4 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-27660, described as Spindle whorl; pottery; black; double grooved base; top incised with crescent design; diameter 2 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-14973a,b, described as Pottery spindle whorl with native cotton thread. This is a contempory Popoluca whorl of the type commonly used at the date of the collection. The spinner balances it in a half gourd while spinning.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-2064, described as Spindle whorl
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-27590, described as Spindle whorl; pottery; disc-shaped; raised flattened portion around perforation; mold-made; linked-circle design; diameter 2.4 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-4672, described as Pottery spindle whorl, imperfect
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-27583, described as Spindle whorl; pottery; hemispherical shape; indentation around perforation; red-slipped; rim abraded; height 2.9 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-27591, described as Spindle whorl; pottery; disc-shaped; mold-made; depressions representing unknown shapes; flattened portion around top; diameter 2.5 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-2489, described as Spindle whorl: a remarkable specimen with black burnished surface and very finely made; incised dotted design.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-2737, described as pottery spindle whorl

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