Spindle Whorl

Cleveland Museum of Art

Round, flat, light-colored stone object with a hole in the center. The object is a spindle whorl by artist Unknown. It has a circular shape with a hole in the middle and a raised circle around the hole. There are eight small holes around the raised circle, each surrounded by a short line. The object has a smooth surface with lines radiating from the center in a symmetrical pattern. The background of the image is gray.