Asia Grace


Wool spinner

Tibet

This women was spinning wool from goat hair in Muktinath, near Mustang, on the Tibetian plateau of Nepal. She spins a spindle in a ceramic cup -- the simplest spinning device known. I was surprise how effective her simple way was. Very likely the clothes she was wearing were spun this way.

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