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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1928.75.95 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name spindle, spindle and whorl Description Spindle with whorl and with cotton yarn wound around wooden distiff. The whorl is made from a globular seed head. According to accession register entry and index card, the spindle is similar to 'that used by the Ancient Egyptians' and was used/made by the Ibibio, Southern Nigeria. Production place Southern Nigeria, Africa Production date 1901 - 1917 Material wood, cotton, seed head Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1928.75.95
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

spindle, spindle and whorl
Description

Spindle with whorl and with cotton yarn wound around wooden distiff. The whorl is made from a globular seed head. According to accession register entry and index card, the spindle is similar to 'that used by the Ancient Egyptians' and was used/made by the Ibibio, Southern Nigeria.
Production place

Southern Nigeria, Africa
Production date

1901 - 1917
Material

wood, cotton, seed head

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