Spindle
A spindle is a tool employed by weavers for spinning fibres such as cotton and wool. This example has a palm leaf shaft with a ceramic whorl at its base.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 284/1998/39
- Collection Class
- Textiles and equipment
- Collection Area Region
- W
- Material
- Palm leaf mid ribpottery
- Common Name
- spindle
- Simple Name
- spindle
- Production County
- SW Nigeria
- Production Country
- Nigeria
- Production Year High
- 1960s
