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Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the deceased could continue to spin wool in the afterlife.
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Title: Terracotta biconical spindle-whorl
Period: Middle Cypriot
Date: ca. 1900–1600 BCE
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Terracotta; handmade
Dimensions: H. 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
Classifications: Vases, Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Object Number: 74.51.939
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