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

"531. Reel for yarn - "Bulelengang" 
A very primitive device to roll up the yarn in small strands. A piece of wood, one "shoe" long, rotates in a vertical bamboo tube, which is fixed in a wooden block; this has, on its upper end, a stick that is pointed down at a sharp angle and fastened; at the lower end of this stick there is a hook which prevents the strand from slipping off."

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