- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Shepherd's sling, with red and white woven woollen cradle and plaited plant fibre cords. [LM 7/2/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1933
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1933
- Materials and processes
- Material String, Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Plant Fibre, Process Plaited, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Width: max 60 mm cradle, Length: max 1610 mm, Length: max 130 mm cradle
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1933.90.35
- Associated publications
- Illustrated in colour on page 20 of 'Sling Braiding traditions and techniques from Peru, Bolivia, and around the world' by Roderick Owen and Terry Newhouse Flynn. Published by Schiffer publishing in 2017. Illustrated as Figure 1.19. with the caption 'Syrian shepherd's sling with cords made from three groups of three threads each worked in 3-strand flat braids. The braid opens to provide nine thread for the cradle's warps. Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. 1933.90.35' [FB 22/8/2018]
1933.90.35
Shepherd's sling, with red and white woven woollen cradle and plaited plant fibre cords. [LM 7/2/2007]
1933.90.35
Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
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