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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Spindle Whorl
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Spindle Whorl

Place CreatedMexico, North America
CultureAztec Related
PeriodLate Postclassic
Dateca. 1200-1519 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Object number1991.002.175
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - 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 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