Loom

Museum number:
3-27942a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210327942a@2cb
Alternate number:
1861a,b (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO T21 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO Cat #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
a. Backstrap loom consisting of 6 dowels, shedstick, continuous string heddles and twine strap with textile in progress dark blue ground with multi-color geometric design (described in older card cat as " Blouse material on blue ground with multi-colored brocaded lozenge motif. ") Textile 35x93 cms beams 61.5 cms long b. Wire bobbin with blue cotton yarn 1x51 cms
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Tactic, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Tactic, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Looms (textile tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole— height 36 inches, whole— width 24.5 inches, whole— width 14.5 inches, and whole— length 51 centimeters
Comment:
This is part of a display of a loom with the partly woven textile (the same) cat #3-27942 also see #3-27943 with is similar to 3-27944 Classification 8.3 LMA# 3-27944 UCD# 1425 in another place says UCDD #1861 a,b
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-27942a,b, described as a. Backstrap loom consisting of 6 dowels, shedstick, continuous string heddles and twine strap with textile in progress dark blue ground with multi-color geometric design (described in older card cat as " Blouse material on blue ground with multi-colored brocaded lozenge motif. ") Textile 35x93 cms beams 61.5 cms long b. Wire bobbin with blue cotton yarn 1x51 cmsDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-27942a,b, described as a. Backstrap loom consisting of 6 dowels, shedstick, continuous string heddles and twine strap with textile in progress dark blue ground with multi-color geometric design (described in older card cat as " Blouse material on blue ground with multi-colored brocaded lozenge motif. ") Textile 35x93 cms beams 61.5 cms long b. Wire bobbin with blue cotton yarn 1x51 cmsDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-27942a,b, described as a. Backstrap loom consisting of 6 dowels, shedstick, continuous string heddles and twine strap with textile in progress dark blue ground with multi-color geometric design (described in older card cat as " Blouse material on blue ground with multi-colored brocaded lozenge motif. ") Textile 35x93 cms beams 61.5 cms long b. Wire bobbin with blue cotton yarn 1x51 cms

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