Boat Shuttle

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A type of shuttle used in treadle-loom weaving, in which the weft is wound on a spool or bobbin, which is set into a smooth wooden frame such that it can rotate freely. The yarn passes through a hole in the shuttle. As the shuttle skims across the warp, the weft yarn unwinds automatically.

Excerpt from
Ann Rowe, “Glossary,” in Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Rowe, Laura Miller and Lynn Meisch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007): 289-295.

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General Description
A type of shuttle used in treadle-loom weaving, in which the weft is wound on a spool or bobbin, which is set into a smooth wooden frame such that it can rotate freely. The yarn passes through a hole in the shuttle. As the shuttle skims across the warp, the weft yarn unwinds automatically.

Excerpt from
Ann Rowe, “Glossary,” in Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Rowe, Laura Miller and Lynn Meisch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007): 289-295.

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*Arts of the Americas
~American Indian
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
*Latin American Art
.glossary
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
weft: AAT: 300227934
textile working equipment: AAT: 300163224
shuttles (textile tools): AAT: 300247548
treadle looms (handlooms): AAT: 300312165
bobbins (textile fabricating tools and equipment): AAT: 300023485
spools: AAT: 300023528
boat shuttles (textile fabricating tools and equipment): AAT: 300024960
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