The wooden spindle is a vital feature of the Adi women. These women live in India's thirteen northeastern states, the richest place of indigenous cultures. Spinning as a traditional craftsmanship among these valuable cultural heritage will be the most important wooden spindle by which they made these threads from fiber and most simply showed their ingenuity in sourcing and resourcefully using nature elements for thread making. This consists of a circular wooden disk forming the spindle's main body, with a thin bamboo stick coming through the central point of the disc and serving as the axle of the spindle. The stick is tapered to an end, pointed, and has thicker part adjacent to it for better retention of the disc. The design is such that it is balanced and spins freely, to allow spinning of yarn from such natural fibers as cotton, wool, or flax.

This wooden spindle is a part of weaving for the Adi women and a part of their cultural heritage as well. Spinning yarn predates itself in the history of Adi society and most of the threads spun are then used for making traditional fabric such as hand-woven dresses and blankets. Use of spindle is same across generations, representing the strong tribal link of nature and self-sufficiency. The most simple and, yet, most effective association of wooden spindles describes the talent of the Adis in making tools paradigmatically useful but also formulating culture bonds.