Loom Part

Post

82-7-294H

From: Thailand | Udon Thani

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Ki | กี่ | Ki Tho Pha | กี่ทอผ้า
Object Number 82-7-294H
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Isaan
Provenience Thailand | Udon Thani
Date Made 1900-1981
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Subject Textileworking Tools and Equipment
Description

Wooden post that fits together with other beams to form a rectangular structure to suspend a loom (82-7-265). This vertical post is on the same side of where the weaver would sit, on the right. It has two horizontal beams that fit into the slots on it (82-7-294D top, 82-7-294B bottom) which connect into another vertical wooden post (82-7-294F).

Height 8.89 cm
Length 160.02 cm
Width 8.89 cm
Credit Line Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981

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