Rock crystal spindle whorl ca. 2200–1450 Minoan Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the deceased could continue to spin wool in the Rock crystal spindle whorl 252330 Minoan, Rock crystal spindle whorl, ca. 2200?1450 , Rock crystal, Diameter 3/4 in. (2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Richard B. Seager, 1926 ()

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