Spindle
Unidentified Wari (Huari) maker
Pre-Columbian
Wood and thread
Overall: 6 1/4 × 6 11/16 in. (15.9 × 17 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, Class of 1921W
165.3.15558
Geography
Place Made: Pachacamac, Peru, South America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Weaving
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, (1899-1976), Class of 1921, United States Ambassador to Peru, 1955-1956; Mrs. Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, 3 Pleasant Street, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1965.
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