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skylarkspinner · 2 months ago

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Reblogging this again because of the extra commentary from other spinners. Splicing flax is my best guess, but I'm still not sold on that. I feel like we'd see evidence of similar tools in other cultures that also spliced flax. Wonder if I could find someone that would take a commission & be willing to help with some experimental archeology.

terps: Epinetron” (επίνητρον) is a ceramic thigh protector that women in Ancient Greece used while spinning wool on their thighs. Penelope is usually pictured with one so it is associated with an activity you do while waiting. For Ulysses to come back, for the crisis to end. [...] I made this epinetron during the lockdown and sculpting it on my thigh, working on top of it for hours, I felt that I replicated the work of the women before me. The “spinning women” as they were called by male archaeologists, who perceived them as unethical because they were working.

#hand spinning #long post #between this and ancient egyptian spinning bowls. I should get into pottery #(the spinning bowls- I need to do more research. afaik they're bowls with a hook or loop at the very bottom #they're filled with water and then a spliced rove of flax is put through the loop #so as you spin the flax is briefly submerged in the water to wet it #although I think that's all mostly speculation based off of tomb art. I don't think there are any extant artifacts of the bowls?)#I want to practice some experimental archeology soooo bad with flax in general #edit: yes we do have extant artifacts of the bowls lol. the last time I googled “ancient egyptian spinning bowl” all the results were #news articles of a specific ancient egyptian bowl that was “magically” spinning in its case in a museum. obviously not helpful #there are lots of relevant results that pop up now :)

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