Spindle whorls (seen here as grave goods from various women’s graves) served as weights and fly wheels on hand spindles on which yarn was spun from the Stone Age until the Middle Ages.
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Title: Spinning and Weaving
Creator: Foto: AMH
Date: Middle Ages
Location: Hamburg-Altstadt
Provenance: Archäologisches Museum Hamburg Stadtmuseum Harburg|Helms-Museum