Loom
50-49-487
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-487 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cotton | Wood | Bamboo |
| Description | Backstrap loom, including two beams, three shuttles. Weaving in progress is dark blue cotton with red and yellow "chains" alternating with narrow red and white stripes. Shuttles are bamboo, with prongs at ends, wound with blue, yellow, and white thread. |
| Length | 60.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
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