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Eternal Egypt: Wooden Spindle
A wooden spindle was used to spin animal wool. It consists of a long wooden instrument with a circular head that the craftsman spun, so that the wool could rotate around it from the lower part upwards, and thus form a thread. The thread...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Fusus
The spindle, was always, when in use, accompanied by the distaff, as an indispensable part of the same apparatus. The wool, flax, or other material, haing been prepared for spinning, was rolled into a ball, which was however,...