Spindle Whorl or Button

Unknown Artist

8th–10th century

Spindle Whorl or Button by Unknown Artist

Medium

Bone; tinted, incised, and inlaid with paint

Dimensions

H. 5/16 (0.8 cm) Diam. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)

Classification

Ivories and Bone

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Richard B. Seager, 1926

Accession Number

26.31.412

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