Fancy 19th Century Carved Double Ball in Cage Whimsy (Presumed Weaving Shuttle) in Original Polychrome #2 Maya pottery 2 5/8 x 2 3/8

2 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 7/16

with hand-painted doors and windows

hovering between clouds above and below

Sold as a set of six

The paper was folded horizontally down the center

Fancy 19th Century Carved Double Ball in Cage Whimsy (Presumed Weaving Shuttle) in Original Polychrome #2 Maya pottery 2 5/8 x 2 3/8Google image searches can be useful, even if much of the time what they turn up is irrelevant or just wrong! In this case I have found a couple of carvings similar to this one (nobs at the end, pinched center, "balls in cages" at either side" described as 19th century weaving shuttles, which makes very good sense the perfect shape and size to wrap thread yarn around and run across a loom. (Sewing and weaving tools are really among the richest terrains