Manabí or Quimbaya Terracotta Spindle Whorls sukhothaiperiod 5cm (with modern frames)

5cm (with modern frames)

with some pieces featuring polychrome overglaze enamels

the Asmat are also remembered for their former practices of warfare and headhunting—ritual activities believed to maintain cosmic balance and honour the ancestors

Before outside influence

and superb ethnographic authenticity

Manabí or Quimbaya Terracotta Spindle Whorls sukhothaiperiod 5cm (with modern frames)Pre 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