Button or Spindle Whorl
Object type: Button or spindle whorl
Department: Islamic Art
Date: 3rd–10th century
Medium: Bone; incised and inlaid with paint
Dimensions: H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) 
Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Geography: Attributed to    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Accession year: 1910