GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Textiles are some of the finest and most specialized arts of the Andes, providing fundamental information regarding regional production, developed techniques, and adopted styles. This implement represents one of the principal tools used in textile manufacture for spinning and plying thread. A spindle serves to spin natural fiber into thread or plied yarn; a whorl at one end provides the weight necessary to advance the spin.
Excerpt from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1983.W.1815; 1983.W.1818; 1983.W.1821; 1983.W.1809; 1983.W.1812.a–b; 1983.W.1835; 1983.W.1839], 2015.
NOTES
- A.D. 900-1476, NOT updated by KJones in TMS.
- No culture noted; updated geography, dates, period, and medium in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean coast, A.D. 1100–1450, Late Intermediate, wood, ceramic, and paints.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 7, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
Historical periods
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313
Individuals
Subject terms
spindles (textile working equipment): AAT: 300265738
whorls (textile working equipment): AAT: 300263796
textile working equipment: AAT: 300163224
looms (textile tools): AAT: 300247546
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
weaving: AAT: 300053642
white (color): AAT: 300129784
black (color): AAT: 300130920
red (color): AAT: 300126225
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
bands (decorative): DMA
stripes: AAT: 300010230
dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
spirals (geometric figures): ATT: 300163114
S-scroll (scrolls/motifs): AAT: 300010106
Andes (mountain system) : TGN : 7016589
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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FUN FACTS
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Period Uncertain - Miscellaneous. No number. 9 spindles (see Chimu list for spindle rest)."
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General Description
Textiles are some of the finest and most specialized arts of the Andes, providing fundamental information regarding regional production, developed techniques, and adopted styles. This implement represents one of the principal tools used in textile manufacture for spinning and plying thread. A spindle serves to spin natural fiber into thread or plied yarn; a whorl at one end provides the weight necessary to advance the spin.
Excerpt from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1983.W.1815; 1983.W.1818; 1983.W.1821; 1983.W.1809; 1983.W.1812.a–b; 1983.W.1835; 1983.W.1839], 2015.
Fun Facts
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Period Uncertain - Miscellaneous. No number. 9 spindles (see Chimu list for spindle rest)."
Archival Resources
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Notes
- A.D. 900-1476, NOT updated by KJones in TMS.
- No culture noted; updated geography, dates, period, and medium in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean coast, A.D. 1100–1450, Late Intermediate, wood, ceramic, and paints.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 7, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
Historical periods
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313
Individuals
Subject terms
spindles (textile working equipment): AAT: 300265738
whorls (textile working equipment): AAT: 300263796
textile working equipment: AAT: 300163224
looms (textile tools): AAT: 300247546
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
weaving: AAT: 300053642
white (color): AAT: 300129784
black (color): AAT: 300130920
red (color): AAT: 300126225
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
bands (decorative): DMA
stripes: AAT: 300010230
dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
spirals (geometric figures): ATT: 300163114
S-scroll (scrolls/motifs): AAT: 300010106
Andes (mountain system) : TGN : 7016589
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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