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Historical Archive: Beads, Spindle Whorls, and Spindle Rods Many are not yet digitized. The full list appears after the thumbnails below. Most will be posted after my forthcoming publications. If you need an image before then, feel free to contact me and I will prioritize the requested object. carnelian, lapis, gold beads of attendant in tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur c.2550-2450 BC, Penn. For full necklace see Penn. collar constructed of Egyptian faience beads, c.650-300 BCE, KM 2001.01.0002 collar constructed of Egyptian faience beads, c.650-300 BCE, KM 2001.01.0002 amber beads fr. Werblitz (Wierzbnica), Woj. Zachodniopomorskie, Poland, 6th-4th c. BCE, SMB MVFg If 2384a jet bead set in gold as a bound pendant, 5th to 3rd c. BCE, from Maikop, RGM D351 jet bead set in gold as a bound pendant, 5th to 3rd c. BCE, from Maikop, RGM D351 spindle whorls fr. Certosa grave 259, ceramic, glass, c.480-70 BCE, Bologna bead with thunderbolt, rock crystal, Tiritaka/Charax (north Black Sea area, c.4th c. BCE-3rd c. CE), Pushkin KB33 no.546. For another view see Pushkin. spindle whorls, ceramic, Roman period, Chelles necklace w. pendant of Roman coins, Chaumuzy 6th c., Reims MSR gold bead and pendant from Colli Imolesi, 6th c.? Imola 4033 and 4032. For oblique view see Imola. black glass Anglo-Saxon spindle whorl with red streaks, c.500-530, from Cleatham grave 34, NLM, Cleatham 2830 amber beads from Rheinhessen, mid to 2nd half of 6th c., LMM O,4035 Anglo-Saxon bronze small-long fibulae with amber and crystal beads (one a faceted whorl) from Barrington B, CMAA Z.21298 glass and amber Anglo-Saxon beads with rock crystal spindle whorl from Selmeston 7, Lewes Castle Museum 52.42.6 rock crystal faceted spindle whorl, Alfriston grave 65, c.500-560, Lewes Castle Museum rock crystal faceted spindle whorl, Alfriston grave 65, c.500-560, Lewes Castle Museum rock crystal faceted spindle whorl, Alfriston grave 65, c.500-560, Lewes Castle Museum glass melon bead from Rhenen, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 095 Ac glass melon bead from Rhenen, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 095 Ac glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 380, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 380 G glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 380, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 380 G glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 380, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 380 G glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 380, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 380 G glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 402, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 402 glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 402, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 402 glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 402, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 402 glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 600, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 600 C glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 600, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 600 C glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 600, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 600 C glass spindle whorl from Rhenen grave 600, Merovingian, Leiden Rh 600 C glass bead from Rhenen grave 413, mid to early 2nd half of 6th c., Leiden Rh 413 spindle whorls and beads from Rhenen grave 413: rock crystal, glass, amber, mid to early 2nd half of 6th c., Leiden Rh 413 Merovingian rock crystal spindle whorl from Rhenen Donderberg grave 413 (Leiden Rh 413), fitted on to Carolingian bone spindle rod from Dorestad, Leiden rock crystal spindle whorl said to be from Jerusalem, “Tomb of the Prophets” (Merovingian?), BM 49/11-27/13 rock crystal spindle whorl said to be from Jerusalem, “Tomb of the Prophets” (Merovingian?), BM 49/11-27/13 rock crystal spindle whorl said to be from Jerusalem, “Tomb of the Prophets” (Merovingian?), BM 49/11-27/13 rock crystal spindle whorl said to be from Jerusalem, “Tomb of the Prophets" (Merovingian?), 49/11-27/13 needle and spindle rods from Dorestad, bone, Carolingian, Leiden silver bead, Russia c.1200, KremlinArch silver bead, Russia c.1200, KremlinArch rock crystal bead: reliquary with pilgrim/secular badges, wood and tin alloy, late 14-early 15th c., Tournai, treasury of Nôtre-Dame. This work has its own page. Memento Mori bead poss. from a rosary, ivory, c.1500 France or Flanders, PMA 2007-133-1. This object has its own page. Annunciation and Arma Christi, wood rosary bead, south Low Countries, early 16th c., Cluny: Louvre OA347 Annunciation and Arma Christi, wood rosary bead, south Low Countries, early 16th c., Cluny: Louvre OA347 pea-pod prayer beads, boxwood, Adam Dircksz workshop, c.1500-35, KGM F 2497. For other views see Berlin. standing cross, boxwood with pearls and glass, Greece c.1650-1800, UMMA 1961/1.177. This work has its own page. related: St. Jos (Josse, Judoc) with rosary, late 14th c., lead alloy, prob. fr. Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, France, MoL SWA81[0]<965> related: rosary, Stigmatization of St. Francis, tapestry, c.1600-50, Ypres, which has its own page Faceted Glass Beads and Spindle Whorls, Merovingian and Anglo-Saxon blue spindle whorl from Basel Kleinhüningen grave 191, 5th c., HMB 1946.537 blue spindle whorl c.460-80, from the Entringen grave from 1927, WLM blue spindle whorl from Entringen grave 1 from 1930, WLM, A 30/214 blue spindle whorl from Samson, Namur, Musée Provincial des Arts anciens du Namurois fragmentary blue spindle whorl c.480-510, from Hemmingen grave 2, WLM blue spindle whorl c.570, from Köln St-Severin grave III 73, RGM blue spindle whorl from Lavoye grave 295, MAN 73309 blue spindle whorl from Alfriston grave 92, Lewes Castle Museum blue spindle whorl from Castledyke South, NLM, RF 248 green spindle whorl from Deißlingen grave 28, WLM Other forms of Merovingian and Anglo-Saxon Glass Beads and Whorls green and white spindle whorl from Schretzheim, Stadt- und Hochstiftmuseum Dillingen lobed green bead from Basel-Kleinhüningen, HMB 1906.835K melon bead from Basel-Kleinhüningen grave 94, HMB 1935.509 yellow and red spindle whorl from Basel-Kleinhüningen, HMB 1906.835L Faceted Rock Crystal Beads and Spindle Whorls, Merovingian and Anglo-Saxon Alfriston grave 28, c.500-560, Lewes Castle Museum Arcy-Sainte-Restitue: 2 whorls, MAN 36287, 36287 Basel Kleinhüningen grave 35, c.510-30, HMB 1933.486 Basel Kleinhüningen grave 230, c.480-510, HMB 1948.209 Brighthampton grave 49, Ashmolean AN 1966.111 Chaouilley grave 21, c.525-60, MAN, 78748 Chassemy grave 58, 2nd quarter of 6th c., MAN, Chassemy 36287 Deißlingen grave 16 (1930), c.530-55, WLM, F74,12 Fairford grave 27 or 29, Ashmolean 1961.43 Fairford grave 20 or 30, Ashmolean 1961-36 Fairford no context, Ashmolean 1961.158 Faversham II no context, BM, 1216.’70 Férebrianges grave 4, MAN, 67187 Fonaby, NLM Frénouville grave 18, Musée de Normandie de Caen, 72.6.42 Fridingen an der Donau grave 150, c.530-55, WLM, F85,135 Great Chesterford grave 116, c.475-525, BM 1964,0702.357 Gültlingen no context, WLM, 11384,18 Harlton (probably), CMAA, Z 16284 Honnay-Revogne no context, Namur, Musée Provincial des Arts anciens du Namurois Hunsbury Hill (near), Society of Antiquaries of London, 95a Jerusalem “Tomb of the Prophets” (said to be from), BM 49/11-27/15 Joches grave 1, MAN, 68133 Kirchheim am Neckar no context, c.480-510, WLM, F64/1 Lackford no context, CMAA, 1950.85 B.2 Linton Heath grave 40, CMAA, 1948.1568 Little Wilbraham no context: 3 whorls, CMAA, 1948.1508, 1948.1498 Long Wittenham I grave 100, BM 1865,0310.260 Mucking II cremation grave 804: crazed fragments of a whorl, BM 1970,0406.1554 Mucking II inhumation grave 843, mid 6th c., BM 1970,0406.717 Pfullingen or possibly Kienlesberg no context, WLM, Pfull. S.U. 31,1593 Rill no context, RLM 30940 Ringlemere Farm grave 40, BM Ringlemere Farm grave 41, BM Schretzheim grave 33, c.530-55, Stadt- und Hochstiftmuseum Dillingen Selmeston 7 no context, Lewes Castle Museum 52.42.6 Vieuxville grave 49, Jambes, Ministère de la Région wallonne, Direction de l’Archéologie Wellin grave 19, 2nd to 3rd quarter of 6th c., Marche-en-Famenne, Le Musée des Francs et de la Famenne, MF/We/16 West Wight no context, BM, 2006,0305.62 Wheatley grave 14: 2 whorls, Ashmolean AN 1883.39.b Unknown provenance: 2 whorls, RGM, Diergardt Collection 554, 555 Unknown provenance, Met Collection Morgan, 17.192.167 Unknown provenance, MAN, Diergardt Collection 1923, 70497 Other Crystal Beads cubo-octahedral beads, 4th to 6th c. Ukraine, RGM melon bead, RGM D136 strigillated bead from Oberstotzingen, Merovingian context, WLM Other materials agate bead set in gold as a bound pendant, unknown provenance (Anglo-Saxon?), BM, AF 519 amber sword bead from Gültlingen, Merovingian, WLM 10 102,5