Spindle Whorl
87-39-1198
From: Switzerland | Lake Neuchatel | Estavayer
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 87-39-1198 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Neolithic | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Lake Neuchatel | Estavayer |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2450 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | Pottery. grey ware. "The specimen was originally round, but has suffered a little from the action of the waves." (VB 1939) Pottery. Grey ware. Rudely plano-convex. (HNW 1933) |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 3.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987 |
| Other Number | L-37-1198 - Old Museum Number | 48 - Original Number |
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