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© Bruce M. White, 2014.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Spindle Whorl with Four-Part Floral Detail

Place CreatedMexico, North America
CulturePuebla
PeriodLate Postclassic
Date1200-1519 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Object number1991.002.179
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - July 3, 2017
Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 2018 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 50-51, figure 92.
"The Best of the Best: Qumpi (Highest-Status Textiles) in Ancient Andean Thought and Practice," figure 7, Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/bestofthebest and http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/99.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, received as gift, 1969.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas