Backstrap Loom Item Number: E164 a-h from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A loom (parts a-g) an unfinished woven wool textile consisting of blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, red and white central stylized geometric designs surrounded by a repeating, multi-coloured square border all on a navy ground. The textile is attached at the top and bottom to a large, cylindrical shaped wooden stick (part a). Intertwined in the multi-coloured warp are two cylindrical shaped heddles, one covered in red and white twine (part g), the other in navy twine; a flat, rectangular batten with triangular, pointed ends (part d); one cylindrical shaped bar with indentations on the ends (part e) and two long cylindrical shaped sticks of various size (parts f and h). Separate to the loom is a hollow cylindrical shaped shed roll (part c) and the rectangular shaped brown, leather back strap (part b) that has large loops of twisted twine ties on either end.
History Of Use
Back strap loom.
Narrative
Collected by Robert Richards while travelling in the Guatemalan highlands.
Item History
- Made in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
- Collected during 1972
- Owned by Robert Richards before April 20, 1972
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Robert Richards (Seller) on April 20, 1972
What
- Name
- Backstrap Loom
- Identification Number
- E164 a-h
- Type of Item
- loom
- Material
- cotton fibre, wood, leather skin and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut and sanded
- Part A
- height 94.6 cm, width 81.1 cm
- Part B
- height 11.8 cm, width 130.1 cm, depth 3.1 cm
- Part C
- height 59.8 cm, diameter 3.0 cm
- Part D
- height 88.4 cm, width 5.3 cm, depth 0.6 cm
- Part E
- height 84.1 cm, diameter 2.5 cm
- Part F
- height 112.3 cm, diameter 0.7 cm
- Part G
- height 96.1 cm, diameter 0.4 cm
- Part H
- height 92.3 cm, diameter 1.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quiche
- Previous Owner
- Robert Richards
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Robert Richards (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
When
- Collection Date
- during 1972
- Ownership Date
- before April 20, 1972
- Acquisition Date
- on April 20, 1972
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0190/0001 a-h