Distaff and spindle. A wooden staff almost a metre long. Hanging from the staff by a length of string is a small wooden rod with a fat stone ring on it.

Title

Distaff and spindle. A wooden staff almost a metre long. Hanging from the staff by a length of string is a small wooden rod with a fat stone ring on it.

Identifier

ABDUA:18859

Description

Wooden distaff and spindle, claystone whorl. Whorl decoration: concentric circles (incised).

Date

Late: 1894

Format

wood stone, L(distaff): 840 mm L(spindle): 295 mm Dia(whor

Coverage

Europe, Scotland, Inchmarnoch (head of) Argyll

Type

Physical Object

Provenance

Acquisition Source: McAldowie, A.M Dr

UUID

6bb9526e-5bc5-48c0-9b8b-25125e2f2c39

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