Spindle Whorls (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Spindle Whorls

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More than 300 spindle whorls from Isla Sacrificios are housed at the British Museum. They represent the contributions women made to the economies of Postclassic Mesoamerica as weavers of cloth. This sample may indicate the high status of women interred or cremated on Isla Sacrificios.

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Shankari Patel/UC Riverside

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