South American pre-Columbian clay spindle whorl bead collection (9) with Provenance.

A fine small collection of 9 Pre Columbian clay spindle whorls (used for spinning yarn).

Possibly, Manabí culture, Ecuador & Quimbaya culture, c. 1050-1500AD

Provenance: Ex. Romy Rey Collection.
Romy Rey (1938-2020) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. She trained as an artist in Paris and Geneva before settling in London in the early 1960s where she was a partner in two bookshops in Hampstead and Richmond. She shared her life with the artist, Brian Davies (1942-2014). The whole of her five-storey house in Richmond bustled with her “impeccably curated” collection of ethnographic art. Purchased at one of the disposal auctions

Dimensions:

22mm diameter (largest) x 20mm high (tallest)

Weight of 9: 40gm

67/6

Condition: Good condition. Please examine photographs which are an important part of the description. These are beautiful objects and could be worn as beads on a necklace.