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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Spindle whorls
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Spindle whorls

Artist Unknown
Dateundated
Made/manufacturedHonduras
MediumCeramic
Dimensions24 in. (61 cm) each bead 3/4 in. in diameter
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of the family of Alphonse C. and Katherine H. Chable
Object number2015.6.5
On View
Not on view
DescriptionForty spherical beads strung together on cotton or other fiber thread; incised and relief designs; one suggests a zoomorphic head. Various colors of clay bodies but primarily buff. Exhibiting a range of styles and forms.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Fante Artist
Before 1957
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20th century
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Chinese, Liangzhu culture
Neolithic period or later
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Kenneth Hayes Miller
1929
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Zulu Artist
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Ethiopian Artist
12th or 15th century
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William Hogarth
1758
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Amazigh Artist
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Akan Artist
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