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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9463261, member: 2844&quot;]I was thinking along the same lines. </p><p>The type of carving reminds me somewhat of distaffs that were carved by shepherds in our region (SE Netherlands). They often had nude or semi-nude figures at the top.</p><p><br /></p><p>Along the lines of European folk wool or textile implements I thought of an intricate spindle. And because these figures are carved as partly dressed and partly nude, I can imagine that the nudity would be wound with yarn and slowly &#039;undressed&#039; as a weaver or knitter used more of the wool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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