Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton hammock on loom

Title

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton hammock on loom

Alternative Title

Muxu Disiyabi

Subject

hammock, loom, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru

Description

An incomplete hammock attached to two balsa wood loom poles by a cord. This includes one balsa wood shed roller, three palm bark bobbins with dark blue, dark pink, and white string wrapped around them, one cane needle, six flat and long palm bark weaving swords, two pairs of slender cane stretcher poles attached by four palm bark pins, and one bone needle.

loom length - 179 cm
loom width - 169 cm
shed roller length - 140 cm
backstrap hammock length - 135 cm
backstrap hammock width - 108 cm

Creator

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Mario's wife A

Date Created

c. 20th century

Contributor

Kenneth Kensinger

Type

textile, loom

Publisher

Temple University Anthropology Lab

Identifier

1966-1-131

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Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Mario's wife A, “Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton hammock on loom,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed December 26, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/20.