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Incomplete LoomSa456 a-f

A partial set of backstrap loom pieces (parts a-f), consisting of a permanent bar (part a), two end bars (parts b and c), a dark brown pointed batten (part d), a heddle (part e) and a shed roll (part f). There is a purple string tied to the end of part a.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
bamboo grass, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Colotenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Backstrap LoomSa449 a-g

A loom (parts a-g) with an unfinished woven wool textile consisting of burgundy, orange, blue, pink, green and yellow 8-forms on a burgundy and white striped ground. The textile is attached to two large, cylindrical shaped wooden sticks (part a); one at each end. Intertwine in the multi-coloured warp is a cylindrical shaped heddle covered in white twine (part c); a flat, rectangular batten with triangular, pointed ends (part d); two shed rolls (parts e-f) and a permanent bar (part g). Part b is a rectangular shaped, brown woven backstrape with brown and green twine ties at each end.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, plant fibre, wood, plastic, bamboo grass and dye
Made in
Colotenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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