Spindle or shuttle stick with bead
- Title:
- Spindle or shuttle stick with bead
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Mr. Larco?
- Date:
- 1100-1470 AD
- Site:
- Peru
- Location:
- Peru
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1899_001_0054.tif
- Old Catalog Number:
- 899.1.54
- File Name:
- Anthr1899_001_0054.tif
- Culture:
- Chimu (?)
- Style/Period:
- Chimú
Late Intermediate Period - Work Type:
- spindles (textile working equipment)
shuttles (textile tools) - Materials/Techniques:
- wood
paint
cotton or wool - Subject:
- weaving
spinning (textile process) - Description:
- Thin wooden stick, tapered to a point at both ends. Bead painted black with yellow linear geometric motif. A small amount of cotton or wool thread remains wound around the stick proximate to the bead. Probably used as a spindle, shuttle, or lift stick for weaving. Associated with female mummy, radiocarbon ca. 1300-1350 AD.
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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