Shuttle used for weaving
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A light brown wooden shuttle. The shuttle is diamond shaped and has a hollowed-out portion at center. A piece of wood with knobs on either end is inside the hollowed-out area. The piece of wood is shaped like a barbell. The wooden piece is attached to the shuttle by a wooden joint. A wooden cheek is on either end of the barbell shaped piece of wood and the mortise is cut out of the shuttle. On either side of the hollowed-out area is a hole carved into the shuttle. The back of the shuttle where the hollowed-out area is cracked and loose.
place: label: Place used
content: Lena, Hampton County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.25.19
objectType: label: Type
content: shuttles (textile working equipment)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 15/16 × 2 15/16 × 16 3/4 in. (5 × 7.5 × 42.5 cm)