Spindle whorl
Unidentified Maya maker
Pre-Columbian
Red terracotta
Overall: 1 3/16 × 9/16 in. (3 × 1.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Karl Bailey, Class of 1961P
158.27.14265
Geography
Place Made: Chichén Itzá, Mexico, North America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Weaving
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Pedro Castillo [worked by Sylvanus Morely at Chichen Itza]; given to Karl Bailey [father of Richard Bailey, Class of 1961], Birmingham, Michigan; given to present collection, 1958.
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