Object class: Textile fabricating tools and equipment / Materials: Metal - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1998, described as Bronze spindle whorl

Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1999, described as Bronze spindle whorl

Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1759, described as A verticillus, bronze; spindle whorl (part of group 8-1758-60). Description from Matteucig (1951): Small bronze in the shape of a wheel. diameter: 2.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 14). Such wheel-shaped objects are generally believed to have been worn in the hair. Cf. Dohan, Pl. IV, 32, p. 12 and comparanda on p. 13; Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, p. 381, fig. 47, from Populonia; Mon. Ant., XXXV, 1933, Pl. IX, R, W, from Massa Marittima.

Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorls, accession number 4-4097b, no description available.