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Turned wheel post, spokes, front post, tension handle, legs. Has a wheel boy attached with string. Horn collar on the head post.

Possibly used prior to the Civil War by enslaved people on a southern plantation to spin cordage. Note the crude flyer wedged in place by horseshoe nails. The machine works on the "bobbin lead" principle, the flyer and spindle having no direct…