Spindle whorl

Museum number:
8-1759
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
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.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb E, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb E
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Bronze (metal) and Metal
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Whorls (spindle flywheels)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 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 2 of 8 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 3 of 8 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 4 of 8 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 5 of 8 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 6 of 8 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 7 of 8 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 8 of 8 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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