Spindle whorl

Museum number:
8-1817
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb F, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb F
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Whorls (spindle flywheels)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 2 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 3 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 4 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 5 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 6 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 7 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 8 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 9 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 10 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 11 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 12 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 13 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).Hearst Museum object 14 of 14 titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spindle whorl, accession number 8-1817, described as Spin whorl, pearl gray. Description from Matteucig (1951): Clay whorl, gray; diameter: 2 cm In cised decorative lines about the perforation (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 16).

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