Spinning

Device for silk spinning (Museum Europäischer Kulturen I (16 R) 8/1973,1). 16th C.

 

Distaff

Distaff on Heraldic Art.

 

Man in an apron reveals his posterior to a seated woman with a distaff, Historia Alexandri Magni (Laud Misc. 751, fol. 173v). Flanders - c. 1470-1480

Woman and Child with Distaff by Jacopo de' Barbari (National Gallery of Art 1950.1.20). Italy – end of 15th-start of 16th C.

The Angry Wife by Israhel van Meckenem (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.157). Germany - ca. 1495-1503

Pamphile of Kos, De mulieribus claris (BNF Français 599, fol. 40r). France - 15th-16th C.

The Dissolute Household by Pieter Balten (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.1449). Netherlands – 16th C.

A witch striking the devil engraved by Jakob Brinck (The Louvre L 31 LR/90 Front). Germany - 1528

Hercules at Omphale by Lucas Cranach the Elder (Gemäldegalerie 576). 1532

February labours plate (Kunstgewerbemuseum K 5007). France - after 1568


Spindles

Spindles on Heraldic Art.

 

Spindle with clay whorl (Ethnologisches Museum V A 28462 cc). Peru - 800-1550 

Spindle with clay whorl (Ethnologisches Museum V A 28462 hh). Peru - 800-1550 

Spindle with clay whorl (Ethnologisches Museum V A 28462 jj). Peru - 800-1550

Spindle whorl (Museum für Islamische Kunst Ta 1231). Israel - 13th-14th C.  

Spindle whorl (Museum für Islamische Kunst Ta 3511). Israel - 13th-14th C.

Spindle whorl (UBC Museum of Anthropology H2.133). Ecuador – before 1500

Spindle whorl (UBC Museum of Anthropology 3157/134). Mexico – before 1500

 


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