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1897.44.9

Stone whorl with perforated hole through the middle. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/11/2004]

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1897.44.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone whorl with perforated hole through the middle. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/11/2004]
Cultural groups
Danish
Person
Field collector Thomas Nelson Annandale
PRM source Thomas Nelson Annandale
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1897
Date collected
By 1897
Acquisition information
Donated: 1897
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Perforated, Process Ground
Dimensions
Diameter: max 70 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1897.44.9
Research and responses

For the donor's account of his visit to Føroyar [the Faroe Islands], see The Faroes and Iceland: Studies in Island Life, by Thomas Annandale (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905). [JC 4 12 2014]

According to wikipedia Solitude village was founded in 1845. It's current name is Stukket in Danish and Stykkið in Faroese. [MJD 05/05/2015]

Search terms: Textile, Spindle-whorl

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