Model

29-60-94

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29-60-94
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Wood | Cotton
Iconography Weaving
Description

Board with inset pegs representing the three common arrangements of stakes driven into the ground for winding warp, 1: V arrangement to bring winding for long cloth within arm's reach, warper sits halfway of side 2: W arrangement for longer cloth 3: L arrangement [for which Orion's Belt is named 'The Warper'].

Length 20 cm
Width 11 cm
Credit Line Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920
Other Number 250-B - Field No SF

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