Loom

Museum number:
3-15559
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1186
Description:
Complete assembled girdle-back loom with partially completed cloth. Blue warp, weft of several colors. Around 14 inches by 24 inches. Bought at Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango, El Quiche. Note: No such place as Antiquafa (cf. Lehmann 1962).
Donor:
Mrs. Leroy W. Hahn
Collection place:
Chiche, Quiché, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Leroy W. Hahn and Mrs. Leroy W. Hahn
Collection date:
ca. 1950
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Looms (textile tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 47 centimeters, 5 centimeters, and width 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-15559, described as Complete assembled girdle-back loom with partially completed cloth. Blue warp, weft of several colors. Around 14 inches by 24 inches. Bought at Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango, El Quiche. Note: No such place as Antiquafa (cf. Lehmann 1962).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-15559, described as Complete assembled girdle-back loom with partially completed cloth. Blue warp, weft of several colors. Around 14 inches by 24 inches. Bought at Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango, El Quiche. Note: No such place as Antiquafa (cf. Lehmann 1962).

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