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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
Date1200-1519 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 in. (2.5 cm)
Object number1991.002.173
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM 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 96.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, received as gift, 1969.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas