Spindle whorl and spindle (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 2500 BC–AD 1540 (Late Preceramic to Late Horizon period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Central Andes (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Beate R. Salz, Non-Indian, 1913-2006
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Incorporated (Viking Fund, Inc.), 1941-
label: Donor
content: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Incorporated (Viking Fund, Inc.), 1941-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or purchased from local residents in 1951 or 1952 by anthropologist Beate R. Salz (1913-2006) during fieldwork sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research; donated to MAI by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research in 1952.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Nasca (Nazca) region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Central Andes (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/440
label: Barcode
content: 220440.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl and spindle (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Reed, wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved