Loom w/ belt: unfinished

Museum number:
11-488a-i
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Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Loom: (a) unfinished belt (?) in plain weave with geometric designs in black fiber; (b-c) loom sticks in place; (d-e) loose loom stick (?), heddle (?); (f) loom sword or “beater-in”; (g) end beam; (h) bamboo shed roll; (i) heddle (?)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Nendö Island, Santa Cruz Islands, Temotu Province
Verbatim coll. place:
Melanesia
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Looms (textile tools)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom w/ belt: unfinished, accession number 11-488a-i, described as Loom: (a) unfinished belt (?) in plain weave with geometric designs in black fiber; (b-c) loom sticks in place; (d-e) loose loom stick (?), heddle (?); (f) loom sword or “beater-in”; (g) end beam; (h) bamboo shed roll; (i) heddle (?)

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