Spindle Whorl 1 - 3D Model

• Main Authors: Catherine Anne Cassidy, Jacquie Aitken, Iain Oliver, Alan Miller
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: CINE; Kildonan; 3-D Object; CULTURAL HERITAGE; Timespan; ARCHAEOLOGY AND BUILT HERITAGE; GEOLOGY; PEOPLE; Digital Heritage; Digital Humanities; Arctic; Aitken; Cassidy
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4557481

A 3D model of a spindle whorl for spinning raw wool, made from a grey schist-like rock with 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-500AD. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum. Part of the Iron Age Kildonan reconstruction. A collaborative project between Open Virtual Worlds , a research team within the School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews and Timespan Museum . 3D digitisation was done by Catherine Cassidy and Iain Oliver with archaeological assistanceprovided by Jacquie Aitken. Digitisation funded by the EU Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2014-2020 through the “Connected Culture and Natural Heritage in a Northern Environment” ( CINE ) project.