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Spindle-Whorl
Spindle-Whorl
Spindle-Whorl

Spindle-Whorl

Date300 BC-1000 AD
MediumBone
DimensionsObject/Work: 35 x 35 mm
ClassificationsTools and manufacturing
Terms
    Object numberC00321
    DescriptionChipped bone disc used as a spindle weight. Brown in colour with a central hole. Spindle whorls were attached to a spindle in order to increase speed and tension while spinning.
    On View
    Not on view
    Spindle-Whorl
    300 BC-1000 AD
    Spindle-Whorl
    500 BC-400 AD
    Spindle-Whorl
    800 BC-500 AD
    Loom-Weight
    600 BC-500 AD
    Shoe-Horn
    1700 - 1750
    Model
    1800-1850
    Paper-Knife
    1800-1900
    Trowel
    1853
    Trowel
    1901
    Needle-Case
    1800-1900