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These six spindle whorls or flywheels were recovered from the Fanning site in Doniphan County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1971 and 1987. These whorls or flywheels were likely used for either spinning yarn or to help in drilling holes. All of the whorls were made from broken shell tempered pottery sherds, reshaped and repurposed for a new function. The Fanning site was a village site, associated with the Oneota and Kansa peoples. It was described at the turn of the 19th- and 20th-century as having numerous "teepee sites" still visible.
Date: 1500-1700 CE
Item Number: 313400
Call Number: 14DP1 71.50.31, 1987.E.158, 159, 160, 161, 162
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 313400
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ceramic
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Vessel
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Oneota
People - American Indians - Tribes
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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