VV: Ah, indeed, a wool combing situation. This is made more likely by the possible distaff/spindle situations going on in other nymphs. It's all done in some weird Voynich way - I think the spinning references are "additional" or metaphorical.
It may also be worth noting that the wool in your image has blue spots on it, not unlike the VM lines.
There's more going on though, perhaps most obviously in the arms. I am almost certain, as you are, if I remember correctly, that there is some thought and reason behind nymph poses. Her closest arm is okay but the far one is severely dislocated, even for Voynich standards.
JKP: some kind of sieve is also what it looked like to me at first sight. This would imply that she is scooping into the water holding the thing in her mouth though. Like some heron or pelican. "Nymph pretending to be aquatic bird" would go well with the standing on one leg and arms like wings.
![[Image: dpp_5022.jpg]](https://birdingingujarat.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/dpp_5022.jpg)
![[Image: pelican-fishing-05.jpg]](https://phillanoue.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/pelican-fishing-05.jpg)
It may also be worth noting that the wool in your image has blue spots on it, not unlike the VM lines.
There's more going on though, perhaps most obviously in the arms. I am almost certain, as you are, if I remember correctly, that there is some thought and reason behind nymph poses. Her closest arm is okay but the far one is severely dislocated, even for Voynich standards.
JKP: some kind of sieve is also what it looked like to me at first sight. This would imply that she is scooping into the water holding the thing in her mouth though. Like some heron or pelican. "Nymph pretending to be aquatic bird" would go well with the standing on one leg and arms like wings.