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Spindle

MOA: University of British Columbia

3111/25

Wooden spindle painted with black bands and light cream decoration in the interspace. Large split at one end; other end broken at point.

  • History Of Use

    For spinning fibres such as wool for textile weaving.

  • Narrative

    Rosita Tovell's father was a collector of Peruvian pre-Columbian ceramics. Rosita moved to Peru in the early 1960s, while her husband served as ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. During this time Rosita began to study and collect pre-Columbian Peruvian ceramics and textiles.

  • Cultural Context

    textile production

  • Type of Item spindle
  • Culture Chancay
  • Material wood, paint
  • Measurements height 25.6 cm, diameter 0.6 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Rosita LeSueur Tovell, Susan Moogk, Patricia Skahan, Peter H.M. Tovell, Rosemarie L. Tovell
  • Received from Susan Moogk, Rosemarie L. Tovell, Peter H.M. Tovell, Patricia Skahan
  • Made in Lima
  • Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
  • Collection Date during 1964
  • Ownership Date before May 21, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on May 21, 2015
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3111/0025

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