Spindle whorl
- Accession Number
- EC680
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Spinning and weaving, Spindle, Spindle whorl
- Material
- Stone/minerals
- Measurements
- diameter 40mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
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- Description
-
Black stone spindle whorl? Incomplete (?) with no hole in centre. More likely a pulley, since entire surviving circumference is uniformly concave. 40mm diameter.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 16 Dec 2020