Description (Inscription)
The date '1892' is incised near to the top of the carved end of the shaft.
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Old label, handwritten in pencil, attached to object reads: 'POKA. From Ithaca. 1911.'
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Field collection)
Collected from Ithaca, 1911.
Event Date 1911
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Distaff. Poka.
Event Date 1938
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Staff, used in spinning.

Event Date 19/10/1993
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Stick, carved with geometrical patterns at top end. Rectangular hole at base of decorated section, through which a piece of wood - in the form of a ring with a gap - is inserted. A bundle of vegetable fibre is attached to the stick through the ring and fastened to the stick with criss-crossed pink ribbon.
Event Date 2/11/2000
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Póka. Distaff, comprising a cylindrical wooden stick with a rectangular section at the top, carved with triangular patterns and wrapped with a bundle of thin plant fibre tied on with pink textile ribbons. The fibre is surrounded by an oval wooden hoop with a gap on one side, inserted through a rectangular hole at the base of the carved section. The date '1892' is incised near the top.
Event Date 21/4/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad