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Object Number 30-65-50/H1469
Display Title Shuttle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden shuttle, boat-shaped, 3 perforations, wood bobbin inside.
Classification
  • Shuttle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Wood, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm (11 7/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object H1469; Shuttle / for native / loom

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