Threaded backstrap loom

Museum number:
16-9797
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Accession number:
Acc.1810
Description:
a-l) back strap hammock loom; muxu disiya; 2 balsa bars; balsa shed roll; 2 width control bars with palm wood pins; palm leaf bobbin; palm wood heddle; palm wood sword; m) partially woven hammock; brown, white, orange.
Donor:
Kenneth M. Kensinger and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Kaxinawá
Collector:
Kenneth M. Kensinger and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Backstrap looms
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Threaded backstrap loom, accession number 16-9797, described as a-l) back strap hammock loom; muxu disiya; 2 balsa bars; balsa shed roll; 2 width control bars with palm wood pins; palm leaf bobbin; palm wood heddle; palm wood sword; m) partially woven hammock; brown, white, orange.

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