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Ivory spindle whorl by — VisualArtsDB

Ivory spindle whorl

Ivory spindle whorl

-1300–-1101

Medium: Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions: 1/4 × 1 1/16 in., 0.105oz. (0.7 × 2.7 cm, 2.967g)
Genre: Miscellaneous-bone, ivory
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY