Spindle whorl TRC 2014.0777

Provenance: Sudan.

Dating: 20th century

Present location: Textile Research Centre, Leiden. Crowfoot collection (nb 001). Inventory number 2014.0777.

Shape: Biconic

Raw material: Ceramic.

Weight (gr): 14 g

Diameter (cm): 2.5

Thickness (cm): 2

Perforation diameter (cm): 0.2

Other features: Upper part painted with radial lines and dots in pink, in lower part traces of white paint.

Documentation: Object examined by M.M. Wozniak in May 2018.
Complete description at http://trc-leiden.nl/collection/?trc=&zoek=2014.0777&cat=&subcat=&g=&s=24&f=0&id=9561