Spindle whorl (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: Previous owner
content: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, an archaeologist and staff member at the American Museum of Natural History between 1894 and 1907); acquired by George Heye in 1905.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: 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: 6269
label: Barcode
content: 006269.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Drilled, polished