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Spinning Wool in Skye
VIEW OF WOMAN SPINNING WOOL
Spinning wheel. A wooden apparatus almost a metre tall, consisting of a frame with a pedal at the bottom, a large wheel with decoratively turned spokes, and a device at the top with a spindle and small metal hooks.
Spinning wheel, type: saxony upright.
spindle.whorl
Spindle whorl, in stone. Labelled as 'Stone ring found at Raby in the parish of Waksala, three miles NW from Upsala. Presented [to Alexander Thomson] by Mr Nissen per Rev Professor Lumsden, Oct 1861.'
spindle.whorl
Spindle whorl, decorated with floral and geometric designs, and figures of birds, in boxwood. Used in spinning.
Spindle Whorl
Shape: flat. Decoration: (top) ring-cross (base) debased interlace. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'Lost probably when nearly new. Design would contain a blessing or charm'.
spindle whorl
Spindle whorl, decorated with floral and geometric designs, and figures of birds, in boxwood. Used in spinning.
Spindle
Old label "SPINDLE USE D BY LENGUA INDIANS. CHACO, PARAGUAY". With gourd as whorl for spindle for spinning wool, in wood. Presented by Dr. J.W. Lindsay, Paraguay, 1909. There are some remains of wool on the spindle.
sphinx sculpture
Sphinx, in limestone, originally coloured (traces of pigment visible). Underneath centre of figure is a double head of Bes. Sacred animals are sculptured on forelegs, head and shoulders.