Malaysia Spinning

Most of what I can find on Malaysian textiles are on Songket and batik. They are cotton and silk fabrics woven with silver and gold threads and dyed beautifully. But I have no idea where those threads come from. And I’m frankly getting a headache. Here’s a picture of a fairly modern woman spinning on a charka type wheel. I can make guesses based on that, but that’s all they would be.

 

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Malaysian “girl” spinning. I don’t know, spinning doesn’t seem to have an age limit.[1]