MVC-0347 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Backstrap loom; loom formed by 3 bamboo rods (a-c) and one shuttle (d) to which a partially woven band of red, yellow, navy blue and ecru, fabric is attached.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia, Philippine Islands
Culture or time period:
Filipino
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Bamboo (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Looms (textile tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
weaving
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
woven sample not including unwoven warp— width 7 centimeters, a— length 68.5 centimeters, d— length 46.5 centimeters, woven sample not including unwoven warp— length 64 centimeters, c— length 87 centimeters, and b— length 75.5 centimeters