Button or Spindle Whorl

Unknown Artist

3rd–7th century

Button or Spindle Whorl by Unknown Artist

Medium

Bone; incised

Dimensions

H. 11/16 in. (1.8 cm) Diam. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Ivories and Bone

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910

Accession Number

10.130.2530

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