Nazca Thorn Spindle with Ceramic Whorl tanzania The body is exquisitely decorated

The body is exquisitely decorated in high repoussé relief with a continuous band of floral and foliate scrolls

The iconography is well preserved and clear

Surface wear and abrasions consistent with age

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Provenance: From the collection of painter and tv producer Ole Braunstein (1917–1999)

Nazca Thorn Spindle with Ceramic Whorl tanzania The body is exquisitely decoratedPre Columbian era, Nazca culture, 200BC to 600AD, Peru. Superb and rare thorn spindle with attached pottery spindle whorl. Remains of fine spun cotton threads are still wrapped around the spindle and light bands of red, black, yellow, and white pigments highlight the needle as well as the bead. Nazca civilization flourished on the southern desert coast and western slopes of the Andes in Peru between 200BC and 600AD. Early Nazca society was made up of