Loom

Shuttle

32-6-171

From: Colombia | Guajira Peninsula

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 32-6-171
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Goajira
Provenience Colombia | Guajira Peninsula
Culture Area Circum-Caribbean
Section American
Materials Wood | Cotton
Description

Two long roughly rounded pieces of wood 77 and 92 cm. long respectively, on which is a partly finished sash of red and yellow cotton; attached to it is the wooden shuttle (a round stick 23 cm. long). With it there are also a rounded piece of wood 54.2 cm. long, and a wooden paddle 71.5 cm. long; possibly this last does not belong with the loom.

Credit Line Colombian Expedition, Gregory Mason, 1932
Other Number 1078 - Field No SF

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