Spindle whorl

Museum number:
3-2271
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.523
Description:
Spindle whorl. 2263 to 2278 attributed to the famous pottery makers of Cholula, executed in two colors, burnished. Some are modeled, other incised. Label calls for 18, only 16 identified.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, State of Mexico, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Chalco
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Whorls (spindle flywheels)
Accession date:
1917
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1958-1959 #3: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 4, 1958–1958) and S1973-1974 #61: Palo Alto Cultural Center (March 12, 1974–May 14, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 3-2271, described as Spindle whorl. 2263 to 2278 attributed to the famous pottery makers of Cholula, executed in two colors, burnished. Some are modeled, other incised. Label calls for 18, only 16 identified.

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