Hand-made loom with a weaving intact
date: label: Date
content: 1828-1850
name: label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
label: Subject of
content: Libby, McNeill, & Libby, U.S.A., American, 1869 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: A hand-made loom with weaving intact.
label: Description
content: The loom is made out of a wooden fruit crate and popsicle sticks. There are twenty four (24) popsicle sticks attached to a wooden bar at the top of the loom. Each stick has a hole in it with a piece of thread running through it. The bar and popsicle sticks were once moveable and would have been used to push the rows of threads together. There is a blue and tan weaving attached to the loom. The ends of the threads are tied to nails, which are nailed into the top and the base of the loom.
label: Description
content: On the proper left side of the loom there is a black design with a setting sun and text which reads [GROWN AND PACKED / IN / CALIFORNIA / U.S.A.]. There is a stamp which reads [122899]. Several of the popsicle sticks have indented text which reads [U.S.A. popsicle].
label: Description
content: There is black text on the top board of the loom in several different fonts. It reads [California / Golden - Glory / BRAND / Standard NORTHERN / TILTON APRICOTS / Packed By Libby, McNiell & Libby. U.S.A.]. There is a black stamp on the underside of the crate which reads [95 431 / CHARLESTON].
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.17.7
objectType: label: Type
content: looms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood, metal, thread, and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (17.1 × 24.8 × 41.9 cm)