Nazca Thorn Spindle with Ceramic Whorl tanzania Provenance: From the collection of

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

Surface wear and abrasions consistent with age

Nucleo del Guayas

The Yoruba

depicting three seated ancestral figures surrounding a small animal

Nazca Thorn Spindle with Ceramic Whorl tanzania Provenance: From the collection ofPre 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