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Spool
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Dumbbell-shaped, unglazed spool carved from terracotta. The two ends are rounded and flare out, while the middle tapers inwards. The ends are flat on the exterior, and there are numerous white inclusions in the clay. This spool currently has modern blue thread wrapped around it to show how it would have been used in antiquity.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
Title: Spool
Description:
Dumbbell-shaped, unglazed spool carved from terracotta.
The two ends are rounded and flare out, while the middle tapers inwards.
The ends are flat on the exterior, and there are numerous white inclusions in the clay.
This spool currently has modern blue thread wrapped around it to show how it would have been used in antiquity.
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