Spindle
This tool was used to spin
cotton fibers into thread. The whorl (the flat disc) would have been rubbed back
and forth on the thigh. The thread could be used for sewing, or woven into cloth
on a loom, using the batten.
Yucca or agave
fibers could also be spun into thread to make sandals
and skirts, but a different tool, the spinning
stick, was probably used for that.
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