Online Collections at UoB - Objects
ID number: BIRRC-D0380(W1) Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: African Collection Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Set of narrow loom shuttles Object type: Textile manufacturing equipment
Place made: N. Nigeria Culture: Hausa Collector: Tunley, Peter Materials: Wood, cornstalk and cotton Measurements: 20 x 4 cm
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Set of carved wooden shuttles, some with decorative detail, containing cotton spindles. These are part of a larger collection of Hausa objects that were loaned to the University of Birmingham by Peter Tunley in 1978. The collection was given as a gift to the University in 2010.
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