Loom, Backstrap
Name/Title
Loom, BackstrapEntry/Object ID
1987.04.083Description
Unfinished "telar" upon cut and finished and some unfinished pieces of wood (which is the loom itself). The pieces of wood are 15 1/2" to 18 1/2" long. 16 1/2" of the telar is finished and the ramaining 9.0" consists of unwoven strands henequen kept in place by four pieces of wood. The telar is woven of purple henequen with horizontal stripes of pink henequin. Running vertically are two bands of green, yellow, red, and green henequen 6 1/4" apart from one another. At the top of the loom is a thin pink henequen strap. Size: 25 1/2" x 13" (64.7cm x 33.0cm)Artwork Details
Medium
Henequen, WoodMade/Created
Artist
Medina, Hilda Maria YaDate made
1987Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Mexican