_Nicaragua._--The specimen shown in fig. 359, from Omotepe Island, Lake Nicaragua, is one of a series of pottery spindle-whorls, bearing, however, great resemblance to those of stone. Fig. 360 shows a specimen from the same locality. It is of pottery and bears much resemblance in form to the earliest whorls found by Schliemann on the site of Troy on the hill of Hissarlik. Both these were collected by Dr. J. F. Bransford, and are in the U. S. National Museum. Fig. 361 shows a specimen from Granada, Nicaragua. It is of the common shape of the European prehistoric spindle-whorl. Its flat surface is decorated with a Greek cross in incised lines, two quarters of which are filled with hatch marks. Fig. 362 shows a terra-cotta spindle-whorl from Malacate, Nicaragua. It is cone-shaped. Both these specimens were collected by Dr. Earl Flint. [Illustration: Fig. 361. TERRA-COTTA SPINDLE-WHORL. Granada, Nicaragua. Cat. No. 23295, U. S. N. M.] [Illustration: Fig. 362. TERRA-COTTA SPINDLE-WHORL. Malacate, Nicaragua. Cat. No. 29009, U. S. N. M.] SOUTH AMERICA. _Chiriqui._--Figs. 363, 364, and 365 show terra-cotta spindle-whorls from Chiriqui, the most northern territory in South America and adjoining the Isthmus of Panama. They are engraved natural size, with ornamentation similar to that on the pottery of that country. [Illustration: Fig. 363. SPINDLE-WHORL MADE OF GRAY CLAY AND DECORATED WITH ANNULAR NODES. Chiriqui. Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, fig. 218.] _Colombia._--Fig. 366 shows a cone-shaped terra-cotta whorl from Manizales, Colombia, South America. It has a star-shaped design on the face and a three-line zigzag or chevron pattern. _Peru._--Plate 23 represents a series of spindles and whorls from Peru. They were furnished to the U. S. National Museum by I. V. Norton, of Plainville, N. Y. The whorls were originally considered to be beads, and were without further description. The spindles were not inserted in them as at present. The spindles, as well as whorls, are exceedingly small. Some of the whorls are decorated by incised lines in the clay, and many of the spindles are decorated in the middle with paint in different colors, in lines, scrolls, and chevrons. These are the only whorls from Peru which the U. S. National Museum has, though it possesses an extensive series of the spindles, several of which still have the spun thread wrapped upon them. [Illustration: PLATE 23. SERIES OF ABORIGINAL SPINDLES AND WHORLS FROM PERU. Cat. No. 17510, U. S. N. M.] [Illustration: Fig. 364. SPINDLE-WHORL OF GRAY CLAY WITH FIGURES OF ANIMALS. Chiriqui. Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, fig. 219.] [Illustration: Fig. 365. SPINDLE-WHORL OF DARK CLAY WITH PERFORATIONS AND INCISED ORNAMENTS. Chiriqui. Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, fig. 220.] [Illustration: Fig. 366. TERRA-COTTA SPINDLE-WHORL. Manizales, Colombia. Cat. No. 16838, U. S. N. M.]