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1914.53.22

Shuttle-quill or spool. Hollow cylinder of reed, wrapped in red spun cotton or yarn. [IL [OPS Move] 5/4/2017]


1914.53.22

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Collection type
Object
Description
Shuttle-quill or spool. Hollow cylinder of reed, wrapped in red spun cotton or yarn. [IL [OPS Move] 5/4/2017]
Geographical reference
Lefkoniko
Cultural groups
Cypriot
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1914
Date collected
By 1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 1914
Materials and processes
Material Reed Plant, Material Yarn, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Hollowed, Process Spun
Dimensions
Length: max 155 mm, Diameter: max 15 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.53.22
Associated publications
The Museum's collection of Cypriot ethnography is listed in catalogue form in Cypriot Ethnography Collections in British Museums, by Eleni Papademetriou (Nicosia: Cultural Services, Ministry of Education and Culture, 2000), pp. 126-33. This item is listed (with 1914.53.21) on page 133 as no. 49: '49. Shuttle-"quills" or spools of reed. Lefkoniko.... Another [1914.53.22] similar.' [JC 5 7 2001]

Search terms: Textile, Spool, Weaving Accessory