Loom

Museum number:
3-29391
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3541
Description:
loom, three heddles and two large end pieces of wood. Heddles are smooth hollow pieces of bamboo, with shiny surfaces, a rough sennit twine handle is tie to one endpiece to attach it to a support for weaving. The warps are brown and green, and one heddle adds an orange pattern. The weave of the finished section is tightly woven.
Donor:
Norma Hill
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Looms (textile tools)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-29391, described as loom, three heddles and two large end pieces of wood. Heddles are smooth hollow pieces of bamboo, with shiny surfaces, a rough sennit twine handle is tie to one endpiece to attach it to a support for weaving. The warps are brown and green, and one heddle adds an orange pattern. The weave of the finished section is tightly woven.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-29391, described as loom, three heddles and two large end pieces of wood. Heddles are smooth hollow pieces of bamboo, with shiny surfaces, a rough sennit twine handle is tie to one endpiece to attach it to a support for weaving. The warps are brown and green, and one heddle adds an orange pattern. The weave of the finished section is tightly woven.

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