Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt on loom

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt on loom

Muxu Bachiyabi

loom, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru, skirt

A partially finished cotton skirt on a continuous circular warp loom. The loom has two balsa wood poles, one balsa wood shed pole, two pairs of cane stretcher rods, two short and slender palm bark pins, one palm bark bobbin with attached white string, one flat palm bark weaving sword, and one palm bark heddle (a framework through which the warp is passed through). Colors used include: white, dark blue, faded purple, faded brown, and gold.

loom pole lengths - 145.5 cm
loom pole widths - 139.4 cm
shed pole length - 123 cm
skirt width - 34 cm
skirt length - 94 cm

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Bidixu's wife A

c. 20th century

Kenneth Kensinger

textile, clothing, loom

Temple University Anthropology Lab

1966-1-130