Loom

De Palitos

42-35-362

From: Guatemala | Civinal | Department of San Marcos

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name De Palitos
Object Number 42-35-362
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | Civinal | Department of San Marcos
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Wood | Cane (plant) | Maguey
Description

Loom with nearly finished string bag, natural with three compoun stripes in green and rose, 1 cloth bar, 1loom bar, 2 shed sticks one used in winding up the completed material, 1 heddle cane, 1 sword, 1 wooden shuttle with flat deep quadrangular notch at each end, 1 weavers belt of woven fiber with heavy loop ends.

Length 68 cm
Width 71 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 0 XIII - Other Number

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