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Drop spindle (maghzal)

Traditional musical or stage instrument documented in Al Sadu Weaving (Al-Ahsa & Badia, Saudi Arabia).

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Classification
Instrument
Origin / Scope
Saudi Arabia
Connected Rooms
1 Tradition
Bibliography
1 Source

Archival note & context

Drop spindle (maghzal) is recorded in the Folkroom archive among the core instruments of Al Sadu Weaving in Al-Ahsa & Badia, Saudi Arabia.

Bedouin warp-faced plain weave woven on ground looms from hand-spun camel and sheep wool in desert-inspired geometric bands.

Used in traditions

1
Al Sadu Weaving
Al-Ahsa & Badia, Saudi Arabia · Textile
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Sources

1

What’s on this page is sourced from the citation below.

SourcePublisherLicence
Al Sadu Weaving — Primary Archival Dossier (Saudi Arabia)Representative List, 2020CC BY-SA 4.0
"Drop spindle (maghzal)." Folkroom Archive (Instruments), https://folkroom.org/instruments/drop-spindle-maghzal · CC BY-SA 4.0.