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![Ecuador, spindle whorls Manteno Civilization Ecuador, spindle whorls Manteno Civilization](/archaeologien/forschung/arbeitsgemeinschaften/abt/spindeltypologie/bilder-spindeln/ecuador_spindle-whorls-manteno-civilization.gif)
The Manteña-Guancavilca civilization existed from about 850 to 1500 AD in the provinces Manabí (southern part), Guayas and Santa Elena in Ecuador. The whorls with whorl diameters ranging from 0.47" to 0.61" are decorated with zoological motifs.
Graphics from: James Warren Felter, 450 diseños del 500 D.C. (Quito 1970).
![Ecuador, woman spinning Ecuador, woman spinning](/archaeologien/forschung/arbeitsgemeinschaften/abt/spindeltypologie/bilder-spindeln/ecuador_woman-spinning.jpg)
![Ecuador, woman spinning 1921 Ecuador, woman spinning 1921](/archaeologien/forschung/arbeitsgemeinschaften/abt/spindeltypologie/bilder-spindeln/ecuador_woman-spinning-1921.jpg)
Woman spinning. Photo from a magazine dating to 1921.
![Ecuador, woman spinning, tripod Ecuador, woman spinning, tripod](/archaeologien/forschung/arbeitsgemeinschaften/abt/spindeltypologie/bilder-spindeln/ecuador_woman-spinning_tripod.jpg)
Woman with tripod shaped distaff spinning. The spindle is held horizontally. Postcard.