Middle Bronze Age II

Terracotta conical-hemispherical spindle-whorl with flat base and rounded top

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 in the afterlife. H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Classification

Object type: Textile tool
Material: Clay
Period: Bronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 1900 - 1725 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.915

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 140, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 47, pp. 34, 253, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.