Title: Button or Bead
Object type: Spindle whorl
Date: 9th–10th century
Medium: Bone; tinted, incised, and inlaid with paint
Dimensions: H. 3/8 in. (0.9 cm) 
Diam. 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1938
Geography: Excavated in Nishapur   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY