Methods of Hand Spinning in Egypt and the Sudan |
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... compared with others similarly engaged in other Tomb scenes ( see the Section on Flax Spinning in Ancient Egypt , Type 6A ) . The woman spinning with the Grasped Spindle holds it , as is proper , with both hands . There is also another ...
... compared with others similarly engaged in other Tomb scenes ( see the Section on Flax Spinning in Ancient Egypt , Type 6A ) . The woman spinning with the Grasped Spindle holds it , as is proper , with both hands . There is also another ...
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... compared with the elegant spindles used for spinning cotton . The doubling is sometimes done from two balls of single thread sometimes from one ball of two threads wound loosely together ; the woollen yarn is usually moistened before ...
... compared with the elegant spindles used for spinning cotton . The doubling is sometimes done from two balls of single thread sometimes from one ball of two threads wound loosely together ; the woollen yarn is usually moistened before ...
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... compared with anything from Ancient Egypt . Wooden combs 1Newberry : Beni Hasan , Pt . I. Pl . XI . Retting and Beating of Flax . 2 Petrie : Tools and Weapons . Pl . XLIX . Fig . W. 240 ( and page 54 ) and Peet and Woolley : Op . cit ...
... compared with anything from Ancient Egypt . Wooden combs 1Newberry : Beni Hasan , Pt . I. Pl . XI . Retting and Beating of Flax . 2 Petrie : Tools and Weapons . Pl . XLIX . Fig . W. 240 ( and page 54 ) and Peet and Woolley : Op . cit ...
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Type 3 | 3 |
Spinning Scene Tomb of Daga After N de G Davies | 22 |
Tomb of Khety After Newberry as | 40 |
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Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian appears Arab attenuation ball BANKFIELD MUSEUM beating blocks bowl comb compared cotton Crowfoot described distaff doubling drafting drawing drawn dropped Dynasty examples fibres fingers flax spinning give gourd Grasped Spindle Hand Spinning Hasan held holding hook interest Kirdasseh Kissell left hand length looms material method of spinning Miss Nahya Newberry noted passing Photo photograph piece placed Plate position practice preparation primitive processes PRODUCTION pulled raised resembles revolves right hand roll rolls the spindle rotation round rove seen separate shows similar sometimes spinners spun stand stem stick stone Sudan Supported Suspended Spindle teasing Thebes thigh thumb Tomb Tomb scenes twirling twisting Type usually warp thread weaving weft thread whorl uppermost winding woman women wood wooden wool wound yarn