The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Spindle

c. 1–399 CE

Peru, South Coast, Nasca

wood with carved clay whorl
Overall: 32.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (12 11/16 x 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Gift of John Wise 1948.483
Location: Not on view
  • Shepherd, Dorothy. "Some Recent Acquisitions of Peruvian Textiles." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 8 (October 1950): 179-180. Mentioned: p. 179 www.jstor.org
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