Weaving Shuttle

MOA: University of British Columbia

3396/26

Wooden shuttle. The shuttle's boat-style rectangular body has a large rectangular cutout, and an eye on one side. Each end of the body tapers to a slightly-upturned and dull point. Within the rectangular cutout, there is a wooden pin inserted through a bobbin, with the pin's tip inserted into a hole on one side, and the square end held in the notch.


  • Type of Item shuttle
  • Culture Doukhobor
  • Material wood
  • Measurements height 37.0 cm, width 5.0 cm, depth 3.0 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Dorothy Field
  • Received from Dorothy Field

  • Made in British Columbia

  • Ownership Date before October 10, 2019
  • Acquisition Date on October 10, 2019

  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3396/0026