Wooden shuttle. Curved boat-shaped wooden shuttle with domed base and raised sides. Perforated at one end, with the other end missing. [IL [OPS Move] 5/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden shuttle. Curved boat-shaped wooden shuttle with domed base and raised sides. Perforated at one end, with the other end missing. [IL [OPS Move] 5/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Ireland, Republic of
Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date
Date collected: By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 265 mm, Width: max 30 mm, Depth: max 27 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.46.25 PR no.: 1428
Research and responses: Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object may have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4]. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]