Modern Egyptian – after AD 1500 spindle from Egypt dated AD 1900 – 1920

Spindle with long wooden stem and turned wooden whorl with a small metal hook at the top, complete with spun cotton yarn wound on below whorl. Used for hand spinning by the suspended spindle method.

Modern Egyptian – after AD 1500 spindle from Egypt dated AD 1900 – 1920

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1921.9.1
  • Material: Cotton wood
  • Culture: Modern Egyptian
  • Period: 20th century
  • Dated: AD 1900 - 1920
  • Object name: spindle
  • Dimensions: Length: 317mm , Width: 59mm , Depth: 59mm
  • Published references: G M Crowfoot Methods of Hand Spinning in Egypt and the Sudan pp. 20 - 28
  • Site: Egypt
  • Latitude: 26
  • Longitude: 30