Drop Spindle
Item number Sf978 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Spindle consisting of a wooden shaft with a cone shaped whorl positioned near one end. The whorl has several concentric lines and ridges on the rounded, bottom side. A small ball of paired black yarns, one alpaca and one wool, is attached to the cone of plied yarn which is wrapped on the shaft above the whorl.
History Of Use
Men, women and children spin yarn whenever their hands are not otherwise occupied; while walking, herding or visiting. Children learn to spin between 3 and 5 years of age. The majority of yarns are spun from a families own sheep's wool. Alpaca fibre is traded. Commercial yarns are purchased in Puno and re-twisted to make them suitably durable for warp-faced textiles. Alpaca is plied with sheep's wool to extend it. This type of yarn is used in men's ponchos and women's llikllas or carrying cloths.
Narrative
Bought from Gonzalo Yucra Huatta who made the sample specifically for the Museum. The family did not want to part with a full spindle of yarn which had been prepared for a weaving project.
Specific Techniques
2-z strands plied s.
Cultural Context
textile production
Iconographic Meaning
The direction of yarn twist for ordinary use ply. Yarns spun in the opposite direction to this are made for ritual and magical purposes and are called lloq'e or 'left' spinning.
Item History
- Made by Gonzalo Yucra Huatta (Maker) in Taquile, Puno, Peru on May 16, 1982
- Collected by Mary Frame during 1982
- Owned by Mary Frame before February 10, 1983
- Received from Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on February 10, 1983
What
- Name
- Drop Spindle
- Identification Number
- Sf978
- Type of Item
- spindle
- Material
- wood, wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- whittled, spun and plied
- Overall
- height 31.2 cm, diameter 5.3 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Taquile, Puno, Peru
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Creator
- Gonzalo Yucra Huatta (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Mary Frame
- Previous Owner
- Mary Frame
- Received from
- Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
When
- Creation Date
- on May 16, 1982
- Collection Date
- during 1982
- Ownership Date
- before February 10, 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on February 10, 1983
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0861/0033
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