Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 4000 BC–1850 (Middle Holocene to Post-contact period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Southern California: Early Period, Middle Period and Chumash (archaeological)
label: Previous owner
content: Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr. (Louis Goethe Dreyfus), Non-Indian, 1862-1939
label: Seller
content: Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr. (Louis Goethe Dreyfus), Non-Indian, 1862-1939
label: Presenter/funding source
content: James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr. (1862-1939, a Santa Barbara, California, real estate agent and investor); purchased by MAI from Louis Dreyfus in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Santa Barbara County; California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6/3759
label: Barcode
content: 063759.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled