Southwark Heritage

Cuming Collection, Art Collection
and Southwark Archives

Spindle-Whorl

Object name: Spindle-Whorl

Date: 500 BC-400 AD

Medium: Stone

Object number: C00275

DescriptionThin, wide, flat splindle-whorl of slate. Grey in colour with a central hole. Spindle whorls were attached to a spindle in order to increase speed and tension while spinning.