Bundle of two sticks with raw cotton on one stick and finished thread wound onto smaller stick

Item

Title

Bundle of two sticks with raw cotton on one stick and finished thread wound onto smaller stick

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Spindle
Textile

Description

Bundle of two sticks used for spinning cotton, wrapped in dark brown textile bundle. The longer stick is of a rougher, darker wood and has raw cotton wrapped around one end. The finished cotton thread is wound onto the smaller stick, which is golden brown in colour.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Cottonwool; Fibre; Plant
Spun

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1382
A36/1382

Source

The Powell-Cotton Museum
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust