Fiber tools: rag shuttles
Dublin Core
Title
Fiber tools: rag shuttles
Subject
Looms
Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Textile machinery
Description
A shuttle carries the weft fiber for a weaver. The warp is strung on to a loom from the back to where the weaver sits in front. A weaver needs at least one shuttle, and may use several, for different colors or for different threads. These open shuttles, which likely date between 1890 and 1940, were used to hold strips of torn fabric for making rag rugs. The creator of these shuttles is unknown.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Permanent Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1890/1940
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg
artifacts (object genre)
Type
StillImage
Identifier
16170
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16170
Date Created
2009-06-24
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives, Asheville, NC 28815;
Spatial Coverage
Appalachian Region, Southern
Extent
21" x 3" x 1"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Craft Revival
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Fiber tools: rag shuttles,” OAI, accessed May 5, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/16170.