Shuttle Item Number: Sf1001 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Green painted, boat-shaped, wooden shuttle with solid end points and hollowed out central area. Notches at the ends of the hollowed out area support a metal rod which holds the wooden bobbin on which white yarn is wound. The yarn is fed to the outside of the shuttle through a single slot positioned in the centre of one side. The shuttle is crudely carved and the green paint is worn off in some sections. One chip along the upper edge.
History Of Use
Used with a treadle loom for weaving yardage. This size is used only for weaving 'chal', the white and blue checked scarf worn by men. A larger shuttle is used for weaving the wider bolts of bayeta.
Narrative
Bought from the maker and user, Epalito Marca Quispe, at his home in Taquile. He carved it from the wood of the kolle tree which is native to Taquile. Epalito demonstrated how he wound bobbins using a spindle mounted on a bicycle wheel which he turned by hand. Epalito had cut and fit a metal rod for the shuttle as the original had been misplaced.
Cultural Context
weaving; textiles
Item History
- Made by Epalito Marca Quispe (Maker) in Taquile, Puno, Peru before 1987
- Collected by Mary Frame during 1987
- Owned by Epalito Marca Quispe
- Owned by Mary Frame before November 3, 1987
- Received from Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on November 3, 1987
What
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Creator
- Epalito Marca Quispe (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Mary Frame
- Previous Owner
- Epalito Marca Quispe and Mary Frame
- Received from
- Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Taquile, Puno, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- before 1987
- Collection Date
- during 1987
- Ownership Date
- before November 3, 1987
- Acquisition Date
- on November 3, 1987
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1274/0036