Spindle Whorl 2 - 3D Model

A 3D model of decorated stone spindle whorl with concentric ring of punched dots and central perforation, used as a weight for a wooden drop spindle. The weight helped give the spindle momentum in the twisting, or spinning, of raw wool fibers into yarn for later making into textiles. Dated 500BC-500...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cassidy, Catherine Anne, Aitken, Jacquie, Oliver, Iain, Miller, Alan
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2021
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4557442
https://zenodo.org/record/4557442