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Collections

Spindle Whorl9th-11th century

Not on view
Ceramic vessel photographed from above, nearly spherical with a narrow neck, covered in worn slate blue glaze with raised leaf-shaped and dotted relief decoration
Title
Spindle Whorl
Place Made
Iran or elsewhere
Date Made
9th-11th century
Medium
Bone, turned, carved, drilled and stained
Dimensions
Height: 7/16 in. (1.11 cm); Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.531
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic