ANTIQUE CHARKHA INDIA 1700S INDIA SPINNING WHEEL AKS THREAD WINDER READ THE HISTORY Start Price USD 225.00 Current Price USD 225.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, December 04, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Location CLARKSTON See more about 'ANTIQUE CHARKHA INDIA 1700S' Description THIS IS A GREAT HISTORICAL CHARKHA. IT IS FROM THE N.W. PART OF INDIA. THIS ARTIFACT IS HAND MADE FROM TEEK WOOD AND HAND DESIGNED AND PAINTED. THIS THREAD SPINNER IS IN EXCELLANT CONDITION, BUT DOES HAVE SOME PAINT WEAR. IT STILL HAS SOME OF THE ORIGINAL SPUN THREAD ON THE WHEEL. THIS CHARKHA-SPINNING WHEEL-THREAD SPINNER WILL ADD AN INTERESTING ELEMENT TO ANY HOME. WITH UNLIMITED CONVERSATION.   UNTIL RECENTLY IN INDIA, WOMEN COULD NOT INHERIT REAL PROPERTY.  SHE WAS TRAINED TO BE THE PERFECT BRIDE AND MUST EXCEL IN DOMESTIC TASKS TO PROVIDE FOR HER FAMILY SUCH AS COOKING, CLEANING AND SPINNING. IN RURAL INDIA, RULES WERE SET UP SO THAT A MAN COULD NOT MARRY A GIRL FROM HIS OWN VILLAGE, SO WHEN A GIRL GOT MARRIED, SHE HAD TO LEAVE HER VILLAGE IN ORDER TO COMPENSATE THE GIRL FOR HER SHARE OF THE LAND, SHE WAS GIVEN A DOWRY WHEN SHE MARRIED THAT WOULD ALLOW HER TO COMPLETE HER DUTIES AS A WIFE, INCLUDING LARGE SUMS OF CASH, HOUSEHOLDITEMS AND A CHARKHA. THIS CHARKHA MIGHT BE HIGHLY DECORATED IF THE GIRL CAME FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY. WOMEN WOULD SPIN KHADDAR OR KHADI(MEANING ROUGH) THREAD FROM THERE CHARKHA. THE WOMEN WOULD OFTEN GET TOGATHER IN GROUPS TO SPIN AND SOCIALIZE ( MUCH LIKE THE QUILTING BEE) LATER GANDHI HELD A CONTEST TO DESIGN A CHARKHA THAT WOULD BE MORE COMPACT AND PORTABLE. THESE OLDER ONES WERE TO BULKY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE AROUND. THIS ONE IS FROM THE 1700"S. INDIA HAS SOME MONEY THAT HAS A CHARKHA ON IT AND THE CONGRESS PARTY OF INDIA PLACED A CHARKHA ON THEIR FLAG.   Place a Bid!