Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "137178",
    "label": "Spindle Whorl",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "137178",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Spindle Whorl",
    "date": "700s - 900s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.136",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80031576"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Spindle Whorl"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.136/1962.136_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.136/1962.136_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.136/1962.136_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 0.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm (3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Iran, early Islamic period"
    ],
    "accession": "1962.136"
}

{
    "tec": "bone, incised",
    "tombstone": "Spindle Whorl, 700s - 900s. Iran, early Islamic period. Bone, incised; overall: 0.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm (3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1962.136",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.136",
    "creditline": "Gift of The Textile Arts Club",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:00:05.406000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.136/1962.136_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 137178,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "bone, incised",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.136/1962.136_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "cfac63011abf054f"
}