Title: Button or Spindle Whorl
Object type: Button or spindle whorl
Date: 9th–10th century
Medium: Bone; incised and inlaid with paint
Dimensions: H. 3/16 in. (0.5 cm) 
Diam. 15/16 in. (2.4 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