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Spindle
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This spindle consists of a shaft with a V-shaped slit at the top where thread would have been attached. The disc (whorl) acted as a weight to twist the fabric. The end of the spindle is carved into a sharp point.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University (by 1978) transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum 1978.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University
Title: Spindle
Description:
This spindle consists of a shaft with a V-shaped slit at the top where thread would have been attached.
The disc (whorl) acted as a weight to twist the fabric.
The end of the spindle is carved into a sharp point.
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