Loom With Tools Complete
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1885
label: Collection Date
content: 1885
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Indians, Vol. 10, Southwest, Fig. 2, pg. 152." Information from "Textiles of the American Southwest" webpage entry on this artifact: Loom and unfinished blanket, Pima. Collected by Edward Palmer in Arizona in 1885. Dimensions: The unfinished blanket measures 41 in. (warp) x 22.5 in. (weft). The loom bars, made of cactus, are 56 in. long and 2.3 in. in diameter. The entire loom is 45 in. long. Technique: Plain weave. Thread count: Warp = 8/in.; Weft = 11/in. Fibers: Warp and weft = 1-ply cotton yarn, white, Z-spin. Two red wefts of wool. Design: Other than the inclusion of two red threads in the weft, there is no design elaboration.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pima (Akimel O'odham; Akimel O'otham)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015930
label: USNM Number
content: E76008-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Loom / Blanket