Beads or Spindle Whorls

Beads or Spindle Whorls

Five ceramic spindle whorls: disc shaped to largely cylindrical; various sizes; alll are burnished red slip ( one darkened by reduction fire); designs are etched with evidence of white chalky pigment ( or slip) on some. Three have zig zag designs and remaining two have horizontal lines and a band of small circles.
  • Object: Beads or Spindle Whorls
  • Artist: -
  • Circa: -
  • Dimensions: approx. heights: 1/2" - 2/3" approx. diameters: 1/4" - 2/3"
  • Culture Area: Mesoamerica
  • Cultural Group: West Mexico
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Douglas and Mary Hallock
  • Catalog #: 95.108