Reel for yarn

Bulelengang

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: https://khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265

"530. Reel for yarn - "Bulelengang" 
A yarn bobbin made of a foot-long, vertical, round rod which can rotate on its axis on a vertical base. At the top of this rod there are two openings bored through the rod in which four small adjustable rods have been inserted horizontally, at right angles. The ends of these small rods have half-moon shaped little pieces of wood, pointed outwards, in whose concave recess the yarn runs. By means of these adjustable crosswise rods, it is possible to give the strands to be formed different lengths. The whole object is painted green and red and is gilded."

Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 136-137). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller