Publication Place
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Mertola Museum
Subject
Bone. Pieces carved into bone, incised decorations with a geometric pattern.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
OS/TR/003: العلو 7.4 سم؛ العرض: 2.4 سم. OS/TR/037: العلو 6.1 سم؛ العرض: 2.1 سم؛ الوزن: 29.4 غ. OS/TR/042: القطر: 2.4 سم ؛ العلو:: 7.9 سم؛ الوزن: 33.4 غ. OS/TR/046: العلو:6.5 سم؛ العرض: 2.6 سم؛ القطر:1.9 سم؛الوزن: 29.4 غ. OS/TR/057: العلو: 8.1 سم؛ العرض:
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
OS/TR/003, 037, 042, 046, 057
Record ID
object;ISL;pt;Mus01;14;ar
Library Location
Mertola Museum
Notes
A group of spindle wheels made of carved bone, with a circular horizontal upper section and a circular or square lower section. These copies represent a variety of forms related to the completion of the work, ranging from simply smoothing the surface to the incised decorations that appear more elaborate, as they form separate parallel lines or grouped in tables, circles perforated in the center and directed in the form of lines or in the form of groups, and semicircles that share the center and intersect between them. These pieces correspond to the most decorative part of the spindle wheels, and are very important tools in the handloom craft.
Sample Text
Lígia Rafael “Spindle wheels (five copies)” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pt;Mus01;14;ar
