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Spindle. Golds; Nanais

Title:

Spindle

Ethnic groups:

Golds; Nanais

Territory:

river Ussuri, Primorsky Oblast, Ussuri Krai, Fuji Village

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Rubrics:

spinning

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

length 62.0; diameter 13.5

Number:

РЭМ 1871-59

Annotation:

Consists of a long wooden stem with a bossed lower end and a round spinning wheel decorated with carving on one side. In its top part, the spindle has a hole for hanging. The spindle served for spinning vegetable fiber yarn into ropes. The raw materials were nettle fibers harvested in autumn.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Веретено. Гольды (нанайцы); нанайцы