Small spindle whorl. The long, thin wooden shaft is pointed at both ends, thicker at centre, where it pierces a clay bead. Encircling lines in brown, black and white paint decorate the shaft on both sides of the bead. The bead is long, round, and narrow, decorated with incised lines in geometric shaped, and filled with paint in white and orange.

• 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 28.3 cm, width 0.6 cm, depth 0.6 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 3060/0013