Loom

Museum number:
5-7911
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007911
Alternate number:
6 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Loom, 2 heddled; each heddle 1 piece wood top and bottom connected by strands of fiber; both attached by fiber rope and cow hide; fiber rope tie strands; length: 149 cm; width: 20 cm as used. Used for weaving.
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Looms (textile tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 5-7911, described as Loom, 2 heddled; each heddle 1 piece wood top and bottom connected by strands of fiber; both attached by fiber rope and cow hide; fiber rope tie strands; length: 149 cm; width: 20 cm as used. Used for weaving.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 5-7911, described as Loom, 2 heddled; each heddle 1 piece wood top and bottom connected by strands of fiber; both attached by fiber rope and cow hide; fiber rope tie strands; length: 149 cm; width: 20 cm as used. Used for weaving.

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