Title
netting shuttle
Dimensions[H] __[W]1/4-9/16" __[D] __[Dia] __[L]6 1/4-10 1/8"
Object number1976.13.1
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionShuttles (Fishing Net). Set of 48. Mostly Maple. Flat stick with rounded sides. One end rounded to point w/elongated horse shoe shaped cut out of surface leaving a pin. Opposite ends with open horseshoe shape. Two have decorative motif in pencil. One has a small piece of fine net. One is wound with string. Shuttles numbered 1-48 in drawer.ProvenanceAbigail Thayer Wood, Vinalhaven, Maine, used these shuttles in net making for her father, Captain Thayer.On View
Not on view
Circa 1930
19th Century
Circa 1844
