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Distaff
Unknown1st–2nd century A.D.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A rod of twisted dark-green glass with a flat disk at one end and shaped into an oval loop at the other. There is a break where the loop attaches to the rod. This glass rod is similar in size and shape to glass distaffs, used to spin wool; the terminating loop made the tool easier to hold.
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Details
- Title: Distaff
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st–2nd century A.D.
- Location Created: Eastern Mediterranean
- Physical Dimensions: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
- Type: Rod
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2003.403
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Implements (Object Genre)
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