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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

AAT Object Form/Functionwhorls (spindle flywheels)
Place CreatedColombia, South America
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions1 x 1 9/16 in. (2.5 x 3.9 cm)
Object number1992.015.073
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 - July 29, 2024
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), 191, figure 457.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Ken Klassen, Burnaby, Canada, 1981.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas