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Loom weight

Artist/Culture Mycenaean

Artist/Culture Greek

Date1600–1100 BCE

Mediumceramic

Dimensions8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)

ClassificationsUtilitarian Objects

Credit LineGift of Rev. Austin S. Garver

Terms

ceramic

Object number1912.72

DescriptionPossibly a loom weight. Pottery. Pierced with a hole toward the top. In ink on paper label attached to base: Myceanae May 11, 1896. Conical shape.
ProvenanceRev. Austin S. Garver, Worcester, MA

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Permanent Location Worcester Art Museum (55 Salisbury Street), Object Storage, Cab 4, D 3

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