Weaving tools
- Museum number:
- 16-20160a-c
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm211620160a@2dc
- Accession number:
- Acc.4669
- Description:
- Three weaving tools: A, B) pointed ones; C) flat one. A) length: 18 cm; width: 4 cm; B) 22.5 cm by 3 cm; C) 18 cm by 5.5 cm.
- Donor:
- Cynthia LeCount
- Collection place:
- Sasama Baja, Department of PotosÃ, Bolivia
- Collector:
- Cynthia LeCount
- Collection date:
- 1991
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Accession date:
- December 20, 1993
- Context of use:
- Pointed tools used for picking up yarns for designs; flat one for beating wefts into place. Used to be made of bone.
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Legacy documentation:
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