Distaff made from a spliced wooden branch with cork discs inserted as support for the distended ovoid. The 4 discs are of different diameter. 3 are threaded onto a partially spliced twig. The fourth one is held in by the spliced sections. Another spliced area suggests that an additional small cork disc might have originally been inserted at this point. The textile tool is cut at both ends. The longer end is decorated with 4 incised bands containing diagonals or lattice pattern. The shorter end is decorated with 1 band of incised lattice pattern. The tip has been carved into a tiered pyramidal shape.
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