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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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BeltSa463

Long, rectangular shaped, red cotton belt detailed with thin horizontal yellow stripes. Ends of the belt have a twisted and tied fringe.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ixtahuacan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSa462

Long, rectangular shaped, red cotton belt detailed with thin horizontal yellow stripes. Ends of the belt have a twisted and tied fringe.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ixtahuacan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSa461

Long, rectangular shaped, red cotton belt detailed with thin horizontal yellow stripes. Ends of the belt has a fringe that is twisted and tied.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ixtahuacan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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