**Originally Listed At $100**

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A beautiful necklace displaying a dark-gray pottery spindle whorl as the central element. The spindle whorl is incised with abstract geometric motifs and accentuated with white pigmentation, perforated through the center, and suspended from a woven, gold-filled wire. This ensemble was then suspended from a slender gold-filled metal chain complete with a lobster clasp. Designed in modern times, this wearable necklace exemplifies the unity between ancient art and modern fashion! Size (necklace): 18" L (45.7 cm); size (spindle whorl): 0.375" H (1 cm); total weight: 6.2 grams.

Provenance: private Boulder, Colorado, USA collection; ex-Hank Johnson collection, HD Enterprise, Denver, Colorado, USA

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#132228

Strung in modern times and wearable as shown. Spindle whorl displays age-commensurate surface wear, with some fading to color and incised designs, otherwise intact and excellent.