EditorialSpindle, Painted wood shaft; incised and painted ceramic whorl, Spindle with a slender wooden shaft tapered to ends; both ends broken. Black ceramic disk whorl in center with geometric design incised and painted in red and white. Traces of black, white...
EditorialSpindle, Medium: wood shaft, ceramic whorl, paint, Spindle with slender wooden shaft tapered to ends. One end broken. Black pottery oval whorl in center, incised and painted with red, white and yellow in design of minute conventionalized faces. Traces ...
EditorialGlass spindle whorl, Imperial, ca. 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; rod-formed and wound, 1/4 x 13/16in. (0.7 x 2.1cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green. Shallow domed body, with faint ridges; pushed-in bottom with shallow, spiral grooves; large, ...
EditorialTerracotta kylix (drinking cup) with whorl shells, Late Helladic IIIB, ca. 1300?1190 B.C., Mycenaean, Terracotta; Fine painted ware, H. 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm.), Vases, The use of vertical whorl-shells is characteristic of decoration of the Late Helladic ...
EditorialGlass spindle whorl, Imperial, ca. 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; rod-formed and wound, 1/4 x 13/16in. (0.7 x 2.1cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green. Shallow domed body, with faint ridges; pushed-in bottom with shallow, spiral grooves; large, ...
EditorialSpindle whorl, Early Helladic, ca. 3000?2000 B.C., Aegean, Terracotta, 1 11/16in. (4.3cm), Vases, Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the deceased could continue to spin wool ...
EditorialSpherical spindle-whorl, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot I, ca. 2000?1800 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the...
EditorialTerracotta conical-hemispherical spindle-whorl with flat base, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot II, ca. 2000?1725 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They wer...