Backstrap loom consisting of six dowels, shedstick, continuous string heddles, and twine strap with textile in progress (dark blue ground with multicolored geomegtric design). textile: 35 x 93 cms. beams: 61.5 cms. long.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collection date:
1936
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Backstrap looms
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits