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and powerful secret societies
Each village traditionally maintains at least one men’s house (jeu)
Object number: 2020
16 Apr 2018
representing the artistry
Manabí or Quimbaya Terracotta Spindle Whorls fangpeople and powerful secret societiesPre Columbian era, Manab Culture, Ecuador & Quimbaya Culture, Colombia, c. 1050 1500 AD A fascinating collection of four Pre Columbian earthenware spindle whorls, each adorned with intricately incised fine line motifs in elegant linear and circular patterns. These meticulously hand polished artifacts serve as remarkable testaments to the advanced textile traditions of ancient South American civilizations. Spindle whorlsknown as malacates in Aztec