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Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Spindle Whorl with Points

Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureTairona
Dateca. 1000-1550 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Mary Birney Foley, Collection of Theodore T. Foley
Dimensions1 x 1 1/2 in. (2.5 x 3.8 cm)
Object number2006.005.032
Exhibition HistoryThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/88.
ProvenanceEx coll. Theodore T. Foley (1915-1990), Georgia. Thence by descent to Mary Birney Foley (1916-2004), Georgia.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas