Tools and EquipmentAnatolian3rd millennium BCE

Biconical Spindle Whorl

c. 3000 BCE-c. 2000 BCE

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Medium

Terracotta, black ware

Culture

Anatolian

Period

Bronze Age, Early

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

1.7 x 2.1 cm (11/16 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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