Spindle Whorl

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-500AD. Physical object held at the Timespan Museum. Part of the Iron Age Kildonan reconstruction.

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