Textiles & Craft
Bow-carding of fibre
by 2nd c. CEIndian textile workersHistorical craft recordPan-Indian / unspecified
101 CE
Using a vibrating bow-string (kaman/dhunaki) to loosen and clean cotton fibre before spinning.
- Dated
- 101–200 CE
- As scholars put it
- by 2nd c. CE
- Originator
- Indian textile workers
- Source text
- Historical craft record
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Textiles & Craft
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Carding devices are basic to textile manufacture.
Fair to say
A specific tool within a broader textile tradition.
Path to modern innovation
Carding remains a step in textile production.
Transmission
Joseph Needham traced bow-carding to India.
References
- 1J. Needham via Baber, The Science of Empire
Further reading
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