Back strap loom

Museum number:

9-22752a-n

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm210922752a@2dn

Accession number:

Acc.4774

Description:

bamboo and wood back strap loom, composed of: a,b) 2 foot sticks, c) shed rod; d) heddle stick; e) sword; f) beater; g-j) rollup sticks, k) shuttle with thread, l) pick; m) fabric in loom; n) back strap with attachments cards (split bamboo rods). fabric being woven is blue, pink, yellow, green, white and black woven in varied width stripes and embellished with pink overlay.

Donor:

Tobie Lurie

Collection place:

Laos

Culture or time period:

Laotian

Collector:

Tobie Lurie

Collection date:

2004-2005

Materials:

Bamboo (material), Cotton (textile), Plastic (organic material), Quill (spine material), and Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Backstrap looms

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits

Accession date:

April 12, 2010

Context of use:

weaving

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

k— diameter 1.5 centimeters, e— length 64.7 centimeters, g— length 83.6 centimeters, b— diameter 2.4 centimeters, d— length 75 centimeters, j— width 3.5 centimeters, m— width 23.7 centimeters, c— diameter 2 centimeters, f— length 100.3 centimeters, a— length 100 centimeters, d— diameter 0.5 centimeters, h— width 3 centimeters, k— length 72 centimeters, n— width 14.7 centimeters, h— length 83.9 centimeters, f— width 5.1 centimeters, j— length 83.6 centimeters, a— diameter 2.5 centimeters, e— width 1.7 centimeters, b— length 89.5 centimeters, g— width 3 centimeters, i— length 83.4 centimeters, i— width 3.5 centimeters, l— length 20.7 centimeters, c— length 85.5 centimeters, and n— length 31.1 centimeters

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