Rope twisting machine, sirkee grass / model

Description

Model of a machine for twisting single threads of sirkee grass leaves into rope, to a scale of 3 inches to 1 foot: Asia, South Asia, India, Bihar, Patna or Tirhut, 1815 - 1821

Museum reference

A.UC.832.41

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Rope twisting machine, sirkee grass / model

Production information

Bihar, India, South Asia
Patna, Bihar, India, South Asia

Date

1815 - 1821

Materials

Ebony, Cord

Physical description

An ebony frame with two cylinders or rollers in the centre with cord or string wound around them.

Associations

Commissioner: Tytler, Margaret, 1785 - 1822

References

Tytler, Margaret. Catalogue of a set of models intended to illustrate the arts & manufactures of Hindostan executed under the Superintendence of the late Miss Margaret Tytler during her residence at Patna and in Tirhoot [Tirhut] from the year 1815 to 1821. With Prefatory Note by Tytler, John. Ass surgeon, Bengal Establishment, Monghyr July 1st 1824. [NMS Research Library, Special Collections]