Spinning Wheel
ca. 1880 (made)
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This spinning wheel is decorated in a style typical of the area of the Punjab around Bhera, today in northern Pakistan, which was renowned for both its wood-carving and for its lacquered woodwork. The spinning wheel would have been used to spin cotton yarn for weaving. Cotton was a staple crop in the area, and was used mostly for the beautiful and hard-wearing geometrically-patterned textiles called 'khes' which were made in several parts of the Punjab.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved wood, lacquer, bone inlay |
| Brief description | Spinning wheel, wood inlaid with bone and lacquered, Shahpur District (probably Bhera), ca. 1880 |
| Physical description | A spinning wheel made of wood (probably deodar) inlaid with bone decoration and lacquered. |
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| Production | Made in Shahpur District, Punjab, probably in the town of Bhera |
| Summary | This spinning wheel is decorated in a style typical of the area of the Punjab around Bhera, today in northern Pakistan, which was renowned for both its wood-carving and for its lacquered woodwork. The spinning wheel would have been used to spin cotton yarn for weaving. Cotton was a staple crop in the area, and was used mostly for the beautiful and hard-wearing geometrically-patterned textiles called 'khes' which were made in several parts of the Punjab. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017
pp. 530-31, cat. no. 73 |
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| Accession number | IS.2399-1883 |
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| Record created | May 9, 2005 |
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