Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 650 BC–AD 1550 (Middle Formative to Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Cuicatec or Zapotec (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Carlebach Gallery
label: Seller
content: Carlebach Gallery
label: Seller agent
content: Julius Carlebach (Julius Hirsch Carlebach), Non-Indian, 1909-1964
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1950 from the Julius Carlebach Gallery (New York), operated by Julius Carlebach (1909-1964).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Cuicatlán; San Juan Bautista Cuicatlán Municipality, Cuicatlán District, Cañada Region; Oaxaca State; Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Cuicatec (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: 21/5222
label: Barcode
content: 215222.000
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: Modeled