A wooden spindle whorl made by the Coast Salish peoples. Ca. 1860 CE, from British Columbia in Canada, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum. In the bottom picture, a Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) elder woman, C’elicia, is spinning wool on spindle-whorl, c. 1915 CE [1488×2979]

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    1. WestOzScribe on

      Only roughly familiar with animals in that area and don’t know any that would be the source of the fiber?

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