Loom, backstrap; seven parts mounted on board; native cotton gauze weave fabric in process; parts: wrap bean, shed roll, heddle, underhook with thigs bobbin, sword, breast bean, board; 56.5 cm by 56 cm
Donor:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Huancayo district, Junin Region, Central Peru
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Looms (textile tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
January 1948
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Loans:
S1960-1961 #6: Berkeley Pubic Library (May 16, 1961–July 14, 1961), S1963-1964 #8: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (August 27, 1963–September 27, 1963), S1967-1968 #46: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (October 27, 1967–November 27, 1967), and S1976-1977 #8: The Mexican Museum (August 20, 1976–November 1, 1976)