Hunterian Museum Object 105973: GLAHM:B.1914.565 - SPINDLE-WHORL, Deerness, Orkney
Description
- Description
- Spindle whorl; Modern wooden spindle (B.1914.566) with stone whorl and partly spun hank of wool; spindle long and thin, narrowing at both ends with rod-like top section and lower half with a square cross section and a knob at the tip, dark brown wood; whorl - circular with drilled central hole, grey in colour. Presumably collected in the late 19th century while still in use.
- Object Number
- GLAHM:B.1914.565
- Object Name/Type(s)
- spindle-whorl
- Material
- stone
Dimensions
- Height
- None recorded.
- Width
- None recorded.
Provenance & Acquisition
- Collection / Collected By
- None recorded.
- Collection Method
- None recorded.
- Locality
- Deerness, Orkney, Scotland
- Acquisition
- Mr Andrew Henderson Bishop (Donor) 1914
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