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Description: | Wooden distaff and spindle, claystone whorl. Whorl decoration: concentric circles (incised)
"Distaff & spindle, Inchmarnoch, Glenmuick (la 18th cent)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Until the mid-19th century, all woollen clothing was made from wool spun and woven in the home. The earliest method of spinning was on a drop spindle; later, in the 18th century, spinning wheels were introduced, usually powered by a treadle and capable of producing larger quantities of yarn. This is a wooden drop spindle and distaff. The shorter spindle, with its stone weight decorated with concentric circles, was spun with the fingers to give twist to the wool. The wool was previously combed or carded and then wound loosely onto the longer distaff to store it until it was spun. It allows the spinner to carry it and to move about while spinning. Women sometimes spun while walking from place to place. The spindle and distaff come from Argyll."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: McAldowie, Dr A M | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1894 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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