Spindle Whorl or Button

Unknown Artist

5th–8th century

Spindle Whorl or Button by Unknown Artist

Medium

Bone; incised

Dimensions

H. 3/16 in. (0.5 cm) Diam. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

Classification

Ivories and Bone

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of H. Dunscombe Colt, 1937

Accession Number

37.75.7

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