Button or Spindle Whorl
Object type: Button or spindle whorl
Department: Islamic Art
Date: 9th–10th century
Medium: Bone; tinted, incised, and inlaid with paint
Dimensions: H. 5.16 in. (0.8 cm)
Diam. 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Geography: Excavated in Nishapur   Iran  
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1938
Accession year: 1938