Manabí or Quimbaya Terracotta Spindle Whorls teethnecklace leaving a gap to be

leaving a gap to be filled

would have once formed part of a Viking garment

Indus Valley Civilization

with applied stubbly front legs

Accession Number: 2

Manabí or Quimbaya Terracotta Spindle Whorls teethnecklace leaving a gap to bePre Columbian era, Manab Culture, Ecuador & Quimbaya Culture, Colombia, c. 1050 1500 AD A fabulous collection of four Pre Columbian earthenware spindle whorls, each adorned with intricately incised fine line motifs in elegant linear and circular patterns. These meticulously hand polished artifacts serve as remarkable testaments to the advanced textile traditions of ancient South American civilizations. Spindle whorlsknown as malacates in Aztec Mexico,