Comb

Name: Comb
Description: Fragment of a comb with very fine teeth. It was made from a massive bone plate carved to the shape of a T, with pointy teeth carved at the end of each side.
Materials: Bone
Chronology: 12th century
Provenance: House of the Lanternim
Location: Museum of Mértola

Corinthianesque capital

Name: Corinthianesque capital. Medium grain white marble. The top edge is damaged
Description: The cup is ornamented with two interpolated crowns of acanthus leaves. The start of the stems is still visible, but the capital is damaged in the section of the volutes.
Materials: Marble
Chronology: 6th-7th century
Provenance: Paleochristian basilica
Location: Museum of Mértola - Paleochristian basilica

Weaving shuttle

 

Name: Weaving shuttle
Description: Boat shaped piece with a middle cavity into which the bobbins are placed with the rolled up yarn. In weaving, the shuttles carry the thread across the loom weft.
Materials: Wood
Provenance: Mértola
Location: Weaving workshop

Lançadeira

Designação: Lançadeira
Descrição: Peça em forma de barco, com cavidade a meio que permite encaixar as canelas com o fio enrolado. É com as lançadeiras que se passa o fio por entre a teia.
Material: Madeira
Procedência: Mértola
Localização: Oficina de Tecelagem