Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton cloth on loom

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton cloth on loom

cloth, loom, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru

This loom (small) consists of two balsa wood loom poles, two pairs of stretcher poles (with one pair attached to material with two of the small palm bark pins), three palm bark pins, one palm bark weaving sword, and two bobbins (one with purple string around it and the other with white). A completed cloth is attached to the loom poles with cord. Some incomplete purple warp design can be found throughout the material.

Note on accession card:
"specifically made as a demonstration
backstrap loom"

balsa wood loom poles lengths - 82 cm and 79 cm

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Chana amani

c. 20th century

Kenneth Kensinger

textile

Temple University Anthropology Lab

1966-1-269