2003.280: Spool-shaped Pestle
Tools and Equipment
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.280
- Title
- Spool-shaped Pestle
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Work Type
- pestle
- Date
- 2800-2200 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cyclades
- Period
- Cycladic period, Early
- Culture
- Cycladic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/72400
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Marble
- Technique
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 5.04 x 2.85 cm (2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acquired by the donor over the last thirty years as gifts from dealers.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.280
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Waisted squat cylindrical form. Light colored marble surface with chips and dings on flat ends and body. Surface covered with soils and stains in varying degrees.
Exhibition History
- Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
Verification Level
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