Lot of 10 Peruvian Clay Spindle Whorl Beads

**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, Peru, ca. 500 BCE to 1500 CE. A group of ten beautifully decorated ceramic spindle whorls, each of a roughly conical form and drilled through vertically. Incised abstract and zoomorphic motifs decorate each. Spindle whorls were not just utilitarian items in the Pre-Columbian world. Beautiful textiles were an important element of elite and ceremonial costume, and the importance of whorls as tools to create them seems to have been recognized in ritual deposits. These were not objects to be discarded, but rather elevated with veneration. Size of largest: 0.75" W (1.9 cm)

Provenance: private Dunn collection, Coral Springs, Florida, USA, acquired in the 1990s

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#151519
Condition Report: All are intact. Light wear on surfaces of all, with some deposits. Motifs are well preserved.