MAKING. Spindle yarn- siksi

https://doi.org/10.25420/britishmuseum.30542720

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posted on 2025-11-17, 12:00 authored by Lorena Toro-MayorgaLorena Toro-Mayorga

Women from Imbabura show how to make yarn from a siksi spindle. MRC and MLG sit and remember how to spin.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

N01

Rights owner

Lorena Isabel Toro-Mayorga

Title alt

Siksi puchka

Description alt

Mujeres de Imbabura muestran cómo hacer hilo con siksi. MRC Y MLG se sientan y recuerdan cómo hilar.

Cultural group

Kichwa Karanki

Participants

María Luisa Guamán Carlosama, María Rosario Carlosama Alarcón, Cenia Kaina Córdova Pichamba

Country

Ecuador

Place

Naranjito, Imbabura

Cultural context/event

Hand Spinning

Date of creation

2024-11-15

Unique ID

2022SG16-N01-0356