Spindle whorl
Spindle whorls were used for spinning wool into thread. This one is made from the end of a cattle leg bone, and was discovered during excavations in Exeter.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 300/1988/B24
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- bone (animal)
- Common Name
- spindle whorl
- Simple Name
- spindle whorl
- Period Classification
- Saxo Norman (1066-1200)
- Production Year Low
- 1175
- Production Year High
- 1199
