Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Rattling Spindle Whorl

AAT Object Form/FunctionWhorls (spindle flywheels)

Place CreatedColombia, South America

CultureTairona

Dateca. 1000-1500 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions1 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. (3.5 x 3.9 cm)

Object number1990.011.029

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/84.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1981.

Status

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