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Painting by al-Wasiti in the Maqamat by al Hariri of Basra, dated 1237. It depicts a woman at a spinning wheel. The picture of the painting is the common domain Create your FREE login account!
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On this button, a lady is talking to a child. There is a spinning wheel by her side.
Button courtesy of Sandie Olson.
Read more about various types of spinning wheels on Wikipedia.
WRBA’s buttons are interlinked — Connecting the World One Button at a Time!
From this button, we spin a yarn that threads the rich tapestry of history:
Mahatma Gandhi’s manner of dress and commitment to hand spinning were essential elements of his philosophy and politics. He chose the traditional loincloth as a rejection of Western culture and a symbolic identification with the poor of India.
– charkha, traditional indian spinning wheel and Mahatma Gandhi (Wikipedia)
Then follow this thread to discover…
- The Hindu Dancer button as a spin-off of Gandhi’s loincloth, which then links to…
- A grouping of basse-taille enamel buttons, a loose-knit interpretation of the NBS button classification system in our interactive Button Album. And the Hindu dancer button takes you to the historical story of Divadasi, a special caste of temple dancers in …
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