Object details
| Object Name: |
Shuttle, Tatting
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| Artist/Maker: |
Boye Needle Company
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| Category: |
Textile Manufacturing Equipment
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| Material: |
Metal
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| Accession Number: |
2000.012.005
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| Earliest Production Date: |
1900-01-01
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| Latest Production Date: |
2000-12-31
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| Description: |
Two oval shaped pieces of metal with a bobbin joining the two pieces at the centre. There is a small hook at one end; three decorative small holes on the surface of one piece of metal
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| Narrative: |
A tool used to facilitate tatting by holding a length of wound thread and guiding it through loops to make knots. Shuttles often have a point or a hook on one end to aid in the construction of the lace.
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| Length: |
8 cm
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| Institution: |
Antigonish Heritage Museum
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| Institution City: |
Antigonish
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| Institution Province: |
Nova Scotia
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