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Image Not Available for Backstrap loom and unfinished textile with white warp, multicolored zigzag and dot pattern; loom has 10 wooden pieces including end bars, bobbin, batten, heddle rod, shed rods
Backstrap loom and unfinished textile with white warp, multicolored zigzag and dot pattern; loom has 10 wooden pieces including end bars, bobbin, batten, heddle rod, shed rods
Image Not Available for Backstrap loom and unfinished textile with white warp, multicolored zigzag and dot pattern; loom has 10 wooden pieces including end bars, bobbin, batten, heddle rod, shed rods
Object Number 2010.22.1.1
Display Title Backstrap loom and unfinished textile with white warp, multicolored zigzag and dot pattern; loom has 10 wooden pieces including end bars, bobbin, batten, heddle rod, shed rods
Descriptions
Inventory Description Backstrap loom, unfinished textile, white warp, multicolored pattern, ten wooden pieces, bars, heddle rod, shed rod, batten, front bar
Classification
  • Loom
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of batten): 6.2 x 76.2002 x 2.2 cm (2 7/16 x 30 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2010.22.1.1
Credit Line Gift of Samuel Kirkland Lothrop, Jr.
Provenance
Owner A. Karen Romney
Owner Samuel Kirkland Lothrop Jr.
Collector Joy Mahler Lothrop
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Donor Donated by A. Karen Romney

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