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Weaving Shuttle

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1775-1825

GUSN

GUSN-10645

Description

Weaving shuttle carved from light-colored wood (grayish-beige color) but no hardware left and old damage to the one side; smooth.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shuttles (textile tools)
ash (wood)
carving (processes)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Ash
Carved
Shuttle

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.537

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