Spindle whorl

Museum number:
4-80b
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Accession number:
Acc.81 and Acc.88
Description:
2 soft pottery fragments, perhaps handles.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Moche Site A (Huaca del Sol), Moche valley, La Libertad region
Culture or time period:
Middle Horizon, ancient Peru (800–1100 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Collection date:
October 1899-January 1900
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Whorls (spindle flywheels)
Accession date:
1903 and July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 4-80b, described as 2 soft pottery fragments, perhaps handles.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 4-80b, described as 2 soft pottery fragments, perhaps handles.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 4-80b, described as 2 soft pottery fragments, perhaps handles.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 4-80b, described as 2 soft pottery fragments, perhaps handles.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 4-80b, described as 2 soft pottery fragments, perhaps handles.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 4-80b, described as 2 soft pottery fragments, perhaps handles.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 4-80b, described as 2 soft pottery fragments, perhaps handles.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 4-80b, described as 2 soft pottery fragments, perhaps handles.

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