Object name: Loom / Object class: Textile fabricating tools and equipment - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 5-11590a-d, described as loom ensemble (matsefi, cakarkari, allera or andira) with partly woven cloth attached, loom is wood frame partly covered with leather; grass fibers, warp and weft strings, unfinished on one side of frame, finished on other side, wood crossbars and other appurtenances, cloth, etc.

Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-25486a-j, described as Back-strap loom; wood; with textile in process. (length 24 cm x width 53 cm); a) Warp breast beam - length 68 cm. b) Cloth beam or roller - length 69 cm. c) Shuttle - length 54 cm. d) Beater - 90 cm x 6 cm. e) Leash rod and leashes - length 75 cm. f) Shed roll - length 79 cm. g) Supplementary rod- length 76 cm. h) Heading rod - length 74 cm. i) Warp beam - length 69 cm. j) Back-strap, fiber length 43 cm, width 7.5 cm. Total loom size: length 1 meter 40 cm, width 53 cm. Native name and meaning: Mecopal native name for back-strap band. Materials, techniques: loom; wooden frame. Cloth; cotton. Warps; varicolored, alternating ikat (jaspe) striped and solid strips. Weft; red. Back-strap band; maguey fiber. Context of use: Used by women. Maguey fiber band strapped across weaver's back, used for holding vertical threads of loom taut while weaving. Extra thread kept in basket ( See Cat. 3-24393 a-t). Made by: loom made by men.

Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 10-1991, described as Buri mat. 3 sides ragged, wrapping for loom, about 19 inches maximum length

Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-15559, described as Complete assembled girdle-back loom with partially completed cloth. Blue warp, weft of several colors. Around 14 inches by 24 inches. Bought at Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango, El Quiche. Note: No such place as Antiquafa (cf. Lehmann 1962).

Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 10-2426, described as Back-strap loom; dark wood parts; red, yellow cotton and wool attached. 5 parts; weaving in process.

Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 5-15600, described as Loom frame, wood [poor condition]. Heavy hardwood pointed yoke. Bamboo "teeth". Rest of frame held in place by string and fiber. String hanger at top. Length 27.0 cm, Width 22.5 cm. From Central Africa, Ivory Coast, Senufo.

Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-28072, described as Model loom with textile. Wood loom, cotton textile. Belt loom, sprang weaving. Green textile. 10.5 inch beams. Location: San Juan/Chamelco

Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-29084, described as Loom model with textile in process; black deer on pink ground in so-called "double weave" (colors reversed on opposite side); loom parts in place; size woven part only w. 26 cm, l. 27 cm