Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 1500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Zapotec or Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Walter S. Miller (Walter Scott Miller), Non-Indian, 1910-1978
label: Seller
content: Walter S. Miller (Walter Scott Miller), Non-Indian, 1910-1978
label: Seller agent
content: Lizzie Brinker Miller (Mrs. C. E. Miller), Non-Indian, 1880-1966
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or purchased from local residents between 1936 and 1940 by Walter S. Miller (1910-1978, a minister and linguist who worked in Oaxaca); purchased by MAI from Walter Miller in 1940 through his mother, Lizzie Brinker Miller (1880-1966, of Altoona, Pennsylvania).
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: Tlacolula; Tlacolula de Matamoros Municipality, Tlacolula District, Valles Centrales Region; Oaxaca State; Mexico
label: Geographical Areas
content: Valley of Oaxaca
setName: label: See related items
content: Zapotec (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: 20/2725
label: Barcode
content: 202725.000
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