Fig. 363.
SPINDLE-WHORL MADE OF GRAY CLAY
AND DECORATED WITH ANNULAR NODES.
Chiriqui. Sixth Annual Report of
the Bureau of Ethnology, fig. 218.
Chiriqui.—Figs. [363], [364], and [365] show terra-cotta spindle-whorls from Chiriqui, the most northern territory in South America and adjoining the Isthmus of Panama. They are engraved natural size, with ornamentation similar to that on the pottery of that country.
Colombia.—[Fig. 366] shows a cone-shaped terra-cotta whorl from Manizales, Colombia, South America. It has a star-shaped design on the face and a three-line zigzag or chevron pattern.
Peru.—[Plate 23] represents a series of spindles and whorls from Peru. They were furnished to the U. S. National Museum by I. V. Norton, of Plainville, N. Y. The whorls were originally considered to be beads, and were without further description. The spindles were not inserted in them as at present. The spindles, as well as whorls, are exceedingly small. Some of the whorls are decorated by incised lines in the clay, and many of the spindles are decorated in the middle with paint in different colors, in lines, scrolls, and chevrons. These are the only whorls from Peru which the U. S. National Museum has, though it possesses an extensive series of the spindles, several of which still have the spun thread wrapped upon them.
Plate 23. Series of Aboriginal Spindles
and Whorls from Peru.
Cat. No. 17510, U. S. N. M.