Untitled - 12 Syrian Spindle Whorls

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Untitled - 12 Syrian Spindle Whorls
Untitled - 12 Syrian Spindle Whorls
Datedate unknown
MediumStone
Object numberINV.640.1-12
On view
DescriptionDisks with center holes which fit onto spindles.
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Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.) [5 out of 12 were displayed].
Untitled - Two Egyptian Spindle Whorls
Untitled - Two Egyptian Spindle Whorls
Date: date unknown
Medium: Marble
Object number: INV.639.1-2
Photograph by David Revette.
Bust of a woman wearing a polos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: date unknown
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: INV.542
Photo by John Bentham.
Cameo medallion depicting Emporer Nero
Unknown artist
Date: 1st century
Medium: Ivory (?) on stone
Object number: 2023.10.90
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Oil lamp
Date: 5th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: INV.655
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at H…
Wedjat eye amulet
Date: before 300 B.C.E.
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.23
Stopper
Stopper
Date: 13th-15th century
Medium: Blown glass
Object number: 1929.118
Photograph by John Bentham.
Oil lamp with raised geometric pattern
Date: 6th-8th century C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
© Estate of William Wainwright. Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Diminishing
William Wainwright
Date: 1994
Medium: Metal disc surfaced with a pattern of diffraction grating
Object number: 2025.9.18
Image Not Available for Spindle bottle unguentarium
Spindle bottle unguentarium
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 4th-3rd century BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.9
Image Not Available for Spindle bottle unguentarium
Spindle bottle unguentarium
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 4th-3rd century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.57
Beads
Beads
Date: c. 300-900 CE
Medium: Stone
Object number: 2001.1.36
Photo by John Bentham.
Spear
Unknown artist
Date: 19th-mid 20th century
Medium: Bamboo, black pigment, feathers, gum or resin, woven grass, stone
Object number: 2023.10.37