Loom

Item number 1353/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

A loom with a lightly coloured wood bow which curves and has a tan hide piece attached at one end and the strings for the weaving tied at the other end. One piece of cardboard separates the strings from each other as they are threaded through its holes. The weaving string is tied in a bundle around the cardboard-paper shuttle (which reads: Morgun ? Sahawen"). The design has a white background with an alternating pattern of red-purple and pink diamonds with an alternating pattern of green and purple hour-glass-shapes in between.

Item History

Made in Northwest Territories, Canada
Collected between 1967 and 1979
Owned by Pearl Hodgson and Stuart Hodgson before January 24, 1989
Received from Pearl Hodgson (Donor) and Stuart Hodgson (Donor) on January 24, 1989