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Egypt and Sudan
North Africa
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Two images from the book `Methods of Hand Spinning in Egypt and the Sudan´ by Grace M. Crowfoot.
Left: Egyptian woman spinning flax. She draws the yarn through her mouth to keep it moist.
Right: Sudanese children spinning cotton. The spindle is brought to speed by rolling up the thigh and then revolves freely.
Literature:
Grace M. Crowfoot, Methods of Hand Spinning in Egypt and the Sudan. County Borough of Halifax Bankfield Museum Notes, Second Series - No. 12 (Halifax 1931). (31.05.2016)
![Egypt, old man spinning Egypt, old man spinning](/archaeologien/forschung/arbeitsgemeinschaften/abt/spindeltypologie/bilder-spindeln/egypt_old-man-spinning.jpg)
![Egypt, Fellah spinning Egypt, Fellah spinning](/archaeologien/forschung/arbeitsgemeinschaften/abt/spindeltypologie/bilder-spindeln/egypt_fellah-spinning.jpg)