Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 700–1600 (Late Quimbaya period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Quimbaya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Luther S. Livingston (Luther Samuel Livingston), Non-Indian, 1864-1914
label: Previous owner
content: Luther S. Livingston (Luther Samuel Livingston), Non-Indian, 1864-1914
label: Seller
content: Luther S. Livingston (Luther Samuel Livingston), Non-Indian, 1864-1914
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Luther S. Livingston (1864-1914, a New York City publisher and later librarian of the Widener collection at Harvard University) between 1891 and 1893 during travel in Colombia to collect wild orchids; purchased by George Heye from Luther Livingston in 1913.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Tolima; Ríoblanca Municipality; Tolima Department; Colombia
setName: label: See related items
content: Quimbaya (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 3/3868
label: Barcode
content: 033868.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Incised, painted