Shuttle for a Loom

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

Shuttle for a Loom

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.611

Description

A Shuttle for a Loom

Context

A shuttle is a tool designed to neatly and compactly store a holder that carries the thread of the weft yarn while weaving with a loom. Shuttles are thrown or passed back and forth through the shed, between the yarn threads of the warp in order to weave in the weft.

Category

Treen

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

* Untyped Location

C1S4