Weaving accessory ?part of heddle pulley? A cube of wood with a perforation and synthetic string through it. Possibly part of 2018.37.156. [AF [EFCF project] 9/8/2019]

Collection type: Object
Description: Weaving accessory ?part of heddle pulley? A cube of wood with a perforation and synthetic string through it. Possibly part of 2018.37.156. [AF [EFCF project] 9/8/2019]
Geographical reference: Tunisia
Africa > Northern Africa > Tunisia
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul; PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul
Date
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/03/2016
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material String Synthetic, Process Carved, Process Turned, Process Perforated, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Depth: max 20 mm excluding string, Width: max 39 mm excluding string, Length: max 31 mm excluding string
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.37.157
Research and responses: This appears to be part of a heddle pulley, used to lift the heddles on a heddle loom to lift the warp threads, allowing for easier transition of the shuttle carrying the weft threads. [AF [EFCF project] 9/8/2019]