Lot 249, Auction 3/19/2026: Anasazi Stone + Shell Beads & Pottery Spindle Whorl

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Native American, Southwestern United States, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1000 to 1300 CE. A strand composed of assorted stone and shell beads strung on a cotton thread, centered by a pierced pottery spindle whorl. Size of strand doubled: 30″ L (76.2 cm); whorl: 1″ L x 0.8″ W (2.5 cm x 2 cm)

Condition: Minor nicks and abrasions as shown, but stable and strung on a modern thread. Could be restrung to be more secure / wearable.

Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection

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