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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
ClassificationsClothing and accessories
Credit LineGift of the family of Alphonse C. and Katherine H. Chable
Object number2015.6.5
Collections
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
Spindle Whorls, Whistle (ocarina) and Rattle Pellets
Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
300-800
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Women’s Skirt with Motifs of Figures and Landscape 清代魚鱗百褶裙
Unknown Chinese Artist
Second half of the 19th century
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Asofo Flag
Fante Artist
Before 1957
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Time of Change (two women at lunch counter)
Bruce Davidson
1962
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Man's Cloth (adanudo)
Ewe Artist
20th century
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Bi
Chinese, Liangzhu culture
Neolithic period or later
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Leaving the Shop
Kenneth Hayes Miller
1929
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Ladle (isixembe)
Zulu Artist
20th century
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Processional cross
Ethiopian Artist
12th or 15th century
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The Bench and Perriwigs
William Hogarth
1758
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Woman's Wedding Cloth
Amazigh Artist
20th century
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Adinkra Cloth
Akan Artist
late 20th century

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