Shuttle
- Object Name:
- Shuttle
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.271
- Date:
- 1825-1850
- Description:
- Loom shuttle. Hardwood. Curved canoe shape, with rectangular opening in top. Slot in bottom. Holes for a spindle. Marked in ink on top surface, "271".
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-1.25 W-2 L-12.5 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #271: "Pair Hand Loom Shuttles, Property of my Mother". The other shuttle has not been identified; it may be among 2013.500.085.01-03. Placed on long-term loan at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH, in the 1950s; returned 10/02/2013.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
- Subjects:
- Weaving
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