Button or Spindle Whorl
Object type: Button or spindle whorl
Department: Islamic Art
Date: 3rd–7th century
Medium: Bone; incised and inlaid with paint
Dimensions: H. 5/16 in. (0.8 cm) 
Diam. 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Geography: Attributed to    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Accession year: 1910