Spindle Whorl

97-124-112

From: France | Savoie | Lake Bourget (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number 97-124-112
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bronze Age
Provenience France | Savoie | Lake Bourget (uncertain)
Period Bronze Age
Section European
Materials Ceramic
Description

pottery spindle whorl

As per ANSP Ledger Remarks "May be beads? or spindlewhorl (See note to 11119)"

Note for ANSP #11119 reads "See Keller. "Lake Dwellings of Switzerland" plate. LXXXV. fig. 9." & "These spindle whorls were mixed with Mexican when transmitted from New York"

Height 1.6 cm
Outside Diameter 2.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-124-112 - Old Museum Number | 4232 - ANSP Number

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