Collection place: Western Asia / Year collected: [Missing] / Function: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Rug beater, accession number 9-18760, described as rug beater, wood, cleaver shaped; working edge thinner than top edge; handle with upward-pointing projection; working edge thinner than top edge; wear marks and discoloration from usage; used in rug manufacture

Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 9-21137, described as Spindle, dark wood, rectangular head with border decoration on two sides, metal hook in middle Stalk 38 centimeter length Head 7 by 6 centimeters across

Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 9-21138, described as Spindle, wood, square head with four fields of incised geometric designs, with carved and decorated edge (one element missing on corner), metal hook in center, red yarn attaching head and stalk Stalk, lighter colored wood, pointed, 26.5 centimeter length Head 9.5 centimeter square

Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 9-23808, described as hard and smooth wood shaft, slightly bent and cracked in places. The single-bar whorl is of softer wood, rough and chipped, with rounded ends. The shaft inserted into a hole in the whorl, with a piece of cloth to give it grip. A flat metal hook is pressed in the hole against the shaft. The whole assemblage is tied on with a piece of nylon magenta cloth. The yarn on the spindle was made to demonstrate the process for me: gray goat hair and yellow cotton yarn made by unraveling a piece of cloth I had brought. An assortment of yarn from various women in the village, some cotton or blend, some goat hair, some made of unraveled cloth. A tuft of multicolored nifhs, unraveled cloth, is included. All are Z-plied. The samples demonstrate the variety of spinning techniques used, the imagination and play with color in spinning and plying, and the ingenuity in the use of available materials among poor people of a remote area. All made for self