Netting shuttle

Object/Artifact

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Name/Title

Netting shuttle

Entry/Object ID

2023.6.10

Description

White plastic netting shuttle wound with brown twine. Surface texture/striations and specks of brown across surface are designed to imitate bone. Netting shuttle is flat, with one triangular pointed end, and the other end with a notch. There is a center tongue for winding the thread/yarn.

Context

Also called netting needles.

Collection

Milton Sonday Collection

Category

Tools

Acquisition

Accession

2023.6

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

netting shuttle, weaving, weaving shuttle

Dimensions

Width

2.5 cm

Depth

0.2 cm

Length

23.5 cm

Parts

Count

2

Parts

Netting shuttle; twine/yarn

Materials

Material

Plastic, Jute, Yarn

Material Notes

Twine, likely jute or other hemp fiber.

Color

White, Brown