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Distaffs / Looms/ Skalno |
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| Hand-operated distaffs are one of the
most interesting phenomena of Russian
national arts. They are the most
ancient devices for manufacturing yarn.
By their design Russian wooden hand-
operated distaffs were divided into two
types: "root" and demountable
(consisting of several parts) distaffs.
Both of them consisted of two main
parts - a vertical blade, to which a
tow was attached, and a horizontal
bottom, upon which a spinner sat.
The "root" distaffs were cut out from a
solid piece of wood: the bottom part -
from a root, the blade - from a
straight wood trunk. This is the most
ancient type of distaffs. |
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