Saxon & Medieval — Middle Saxon; 8th century
Pin beater
Bone pin beater, with a rounded point at each end. Pin beaters were used when weaving cloth on a loom - the weavers would push the threads down firmly with their beaters. Foreign merchants came to Lundenwic to buy English woollen cloth. Finds of clay loom-weights, bone pin-beaters and spindle whorls show that Londoners were spinning wool and weaving cloth: some for home use, but some probably for export.
- Category:
- Saxon & Medieval
- Object ID:
- A13659
- Object name:
- pin beater
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- Production date:
- Middle Saxon; 8th century
- Material:
bone
- Measurements/duration:
- L 97 mm, DM 6 mm (overall)
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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