Tool

Weaving

2003-72-329

From: Senegal

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-72-329
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Senegal
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Wooden weaving tool; wooden block w/ "V" criss-cross grooves. On this block of wood seeds were worked out of the raw cotton. The cotton would then be fluffed with a simple bow before being spun with a drop spindle.

Height 5.5 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16199 - Other Number

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