Spindle Whorl
Spindle Whorl

Currently not on view

Spindle Whorl,

ca. 300 BCE

possibly Iron Age, 1100 BCE - 100 CE
y1939-66 b

Information

Title
Spindle Whorl
Dates

ca. 300 BCE

Medium
Black, gray, and yellow-gray stone
Dimensions
h. 0.6 cm., diam. 3.2 cm. (1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
y1939-66 b
Place Made

Eastern Mediterranean

Culture
Mediterranean (Early Western World)
Type
spinning (textile process)

Possibly from the collection of Howard Crosby Butler; acquired by the Museum by at least 1939.

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