Netting shuttle

Museum number:
9-13669
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013669
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Shuttle for netting; bamboo; made by men locally. For making/mending nets. Purchased from same individual (basket maker selling fish/fishing supplies and paraphernalia) as 9-13615 and 9-13638.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netting shuttles
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netting shuttle, accession number 9-13669, described as Shuttle for netting; bamboo; made by men locally. For making/mending nets. Purchased from same individual (basket maker selling fish/fishing supplies and paraphernalia) as 9-13615 and 9-13638.

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