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Loom3447/1 a-e

Loom with a partially completed weaving tied to four bars (part a). Weaving attached to bars at the top and bottom with one bar, intertwined in the weaving, towards the bottom, and another attached to the back, towards the bottom. There are three removable swords (parts b-d) and one removable shuttle (part e) stored in the weaving, at the bottom. The attached bars are all made of bamboo. The shuttle (part e) and one of the swords (part c) are made of light yellow-brown wood, the other two swords (parts b and d) are dark brown. The shuttle has notched ends and is wrapped entirely in orange thread. The weaving on part a is orange and has rows of repeated designs across the entire surface. Row designs include: loose chevron pattern, tight chevron pattern, dotted squares, dotted lines, "X" design across length with squares in the negative space, and abstract "V" design across length with squares in the negative space. Designs done in indigo, red, yellow, black, green, dark blue, white and electric blue. Rest of weaving is incomplete and orange in colour, with loose strands of black and yellow throughout. Three metal rings attached to the top and bottom loom bars- one on the top, to the right of the weaving, and two on the bottom, on either side of the weaving.

Culture
Maya
Material
cotton fibre, wood, dye, metal and bamboo grass
Made in
San Antonio De Aguas Calientes, Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loom3298/1 a-d

Blanket loom composed of four wooden parts. Two upright frame pieces (parts a-b) are relatively flat in profile, with three rectangular matching cutouts for the rollers, and the top of each tapering to a point. Two rollers (parts c-d) are cylindrical with thin cylindrical ends which insert into the cutouts in the frame.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loom, Weaving In Process With Yarn Bundle16/9581 G
Loom, Loom Wedge16/9581 F
Loom, Loom Wedge16/9581 E
Loom, Blanket Weaving16/9581 D
Loom, Loom Roller16/9581 C
Loom, Loom Upright16/9581 B
Loom, Blanket Weaving16/9581 A

SALISH WEAVING. GUSTAFSON, PAULA, 1980, Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS THE LILLOOET INDIANS. TEIT, JAMES MEMOIRS, 4, 1906

Culture
Musqueam
Made in
Lower, Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Loom Upright19/597 B