Warping Frame

48-6-4.1

From: Caroline Islands | Kusaie

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 48-6-4.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Caroline Islands | Kusaie
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Description

Warping frame consisting of flat X-shaped end panels with a heavy cross-bar, triangular in cross-section, resting in the (triangular) openings at the tops. Painted dark reddish brown with bands of white geometric decoration (nested chevrons, checks, etc.) around ends of crossbar and on outside edges of end supports. With seven palm wood pegs (48-6-4.2/48-6-4.8) to be inserted in slots in top of cross-bar, for winding thread. See Ergebnisse der Sudsee-Expedition - Kusae, pp. 169ff. Abb. 85, 98.

Credit Line Gift of James Lewis, 1948

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