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Donated by Tom Forrester for the TRC's exhibition 'Spinning world' about the history of hand spinning (TRC Gallery 2011).
Drop spindle with a slightly shaped wooden shaft and a whorl made from laminated pieces of wood stained blue and red to give a striped effect. The whorl has been wood turned. There is a metal hook at the top.