Four Ancient Terracotta Spindle Whorls, Villanova Culture, Italy, 8th Century BC

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About the Item

Villanova Culture, 8th century BC Chr. Terracotta. 2 cm each. Provenance: Art Trade Vienna (2000) 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 afterlife. The Villanovan culture (circa 900 BC – 700 BC) was the earliest Iron Age culture of Central Italy and Northern Italy, abruptly following the Bronze Age Terramare culture and giving way in the 7th century BC to an increasingly orientalizing culture influenced by Greek traders, which was followed without a severe break by the Etruscan civilization. The Villanovan culture and people branched from the Urnfield culture of Central Europe. The Villanovans introduced iron-working to the Italian Peninsula, and they practiced cremation and buried the ashes of their dead in pottery urns of distinctive double-cone shape. Villanovan culture is regarded as the oldest phase of Etruscan civilization. The name Villanovan comes from the type-site, that of the first archaeological finds relating to this advanced culture, remnants of a cemetery found near Villanova (Castenaso, 8 kilometers south-east of Bologna) in northern Italy. The excavation lasting from 1853 to 1855 was made by the scholarly owner, count Giovanni Gozzadini, and involved 193 tombs, six of which were separated from the rest as if to signify a special social status. The "well tomb" pit graves lined with stones contained funerary urns; they had been only sporadically plundered, and most were untouched. In 1893, a chance discovery unearthed another distinctive Villanovan necropolis at Verucchio, overlooking the Adriatic coastal plain.

Dimensions:
Height: 0.79 in (2 cm)Diameter: 0.79 in (2 cm)
Style:
Classical Roman (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Terracotta,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
15th Century and Earlier
Date of Manufacture:
8th Century BC
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor fading.
Seller Location:
Sofia, BG
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2423315244521

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