Loom
58-24-19A
From: Burma | Chin Hills
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 58-24-19A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Burma | Chin Hills |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Cotton | Leather |
| Description | Nearly finished, closely woven, continuous strip of white cotton cloth on a loom which is tied to the house outside where weaving is done by the woman. Loom: 4 heavy beams; 1 weaver's sword; 1 spindle with thread (in use); 1 thin shed stick (in use); 1 single spindle; 2 spindles fastened together with thread at one end. Weaver's leather belt. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. J. Herbert Cope, 1958 |
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