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Shuttle
n.d.11 1/2 in. x 4 in. x 1 in.
Artist/Maker Unknown,
Object Type:
Maritime Artifact
Medium and Support:
wood
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Miss Mabel Harris
Accession Number:
1957.6
This type of shuttle was used in the hand weaving of fish nets. The shuttle was used to hold the cord that was being woven into the nets. It consists of a narrow wooden stick coming to a point at one end and a wooden spike carved in one end.
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