Small spindle and whorl. The long, thin wooden shaft is pointed at both ends, thicker at centre, where it pierces a clay bead. Encircling stripes of white, brown, and red brown paint decorate the shaft on both sides of the bead. The bead is bulbous, painted black, with three groups of concentric circles carved into the clay and painted white.

• Narrative

  Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.

• Cultural Context

  textile production

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• Type of Item spindle
• Culture Paracas
• Material wood, clay, paint
• Measurements height 30.2 cm, width 1.4 cm, depth 1.4 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Mavis Balshaw, Sheila Petrie
• Received from Sheila Petrie

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• Made in Ica

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• Creation Date between 901 BCE and 101 BCE
• Ownership Date before May 9, 2014
• Acquisition Date on May 9, 2014

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3060/0011