Wooden spindle wound with spun cotton yarn and fixed bone whorl. Part of the yarn has been wound into a ball. [MdeA 20/10/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden spindle wound with spun cotton yarn and fixed bone whorl. Part of the yarn has been wound into a ball. [MdeA 20/10/2005]
Long description: Wooden spindle wound with spun cotton yarn and fixed bone whorl. Part of the yarn has been wound into a ball. Stone whorl has a flat base and is domed with a central perforation. The spindle and a metal hook is inserted through the perforation in the whorl. [IL [OPS Move] 4/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; Savu
Person: Field collector Felicity Wood; PRM source Felicity Wood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/2004
Date collected: August 2005
Acquisition information: Donated: 05/10/2005
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bone, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Diameter: max 65 mm, Length: max 290 mm spindle
Object numbers: Accession number: 2005.114.8 Other numbers: Donor's catalogue item 9
Research and responses: See Genevieve Duggan, 'Ikats of Savu Women Weaving History in Eastern Indonesia' Studies in Material Cultures of Southeast Asia No. 1, Bangkok 2001 [MdeA 20/10/2005]