Methods of Hand Spinning in Egypt and the Sudan

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