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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 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 - 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), 191, figure 457.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora Witten, United States, possibly purchased from Ken Klassen, Burnaby, Canada, 1981.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas