Shuttle

Museum number:
5-7997
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007997
Alternate number:
57 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Shuttle roller; (for boat-shaped shuttle), hollow wood cylinder, length: 13 cm, diameter: 1.5 cm. weaving
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Liberia; Bokeza village (Murdock 33:25) (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shuttles (textile fabricating tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shuttle, accession number 5-7997, described as Shuttle roller; (for boat-shaped shuttle), hollow wood cylinder, length: 13 cm, diameter: 1.5 cm. weaving
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shuttle, accession number 5-7997, described as Shuttle roller; (for boat-shaped shuttle), hollow wood cylinder, length: 13 cm, diameter: 1.5 cm. weaving

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