Weaving Tool
MOA: University of British Columbia
3157/162
Small bone weaving tool. The shaft tapers in to a rounded tip. The handle is decorated with two carved birds, facing one another. The birds have circular eyes, and horizontal lines on their bodies. Below the birds, is a rectangular area with two rows of four circles with dots in each centre that match the birds eyes. There is a small hole drilled through the shaft just below the designs.
- Type of Item tool
- Culture Moche
- Material bone
- Measurements height 12.4 cm, width 1.6 cm, depth 0.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer, Carol Sawyer, Brian Sawyer, Dana Sawyer, Diane Sawyer, Lynn Thompson
- Received from Carol Sawyer, Brian Sawyer, Dana Sawyer, Diane Sawyer, Lynn Thompson
- Made in Chile
- Creation Date between 200 and 600
- Ownership Date before 2002, before 2012, before July 15, 2015
- Acquisition Date on July 15, 2015
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3157/0162