Warping Frame
48-6-4.1
From: Caroline Islands | Kusaie
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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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