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Agate spindle whorl

Agate spindle whorl. Culture: Minoan. Dimensions: H. 9mm. Date: ca. 2200-1450 B.C.. 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.
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Title:
Agate spindle whorl
Caption:
Agate spindle whorl. Culture: Minoan. Dimensions: H. 9mm. Date: ca. 2200-1450 B.C.. 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.
Technique/material:
AGATE
Period:
Middle Minoan I-Late Minoan I
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
4200 x 4200 px | 50.5 MB
Print size:
35.6 x 35.6 cm | 14.0 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AEGEAN ISLANDS • AGATE • CHALCEDONY • CYCLADES • EUROPE • GREECE • GREEK AND ROMAN ART • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • MIDDLE MINOAN I-LATE MINOAN I • MINOA • MISCELLANEOUS-STONE • ROCK • ROCKY • SPINDLES • STONE • STONES • WHORLS