Loom
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Dec 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Venice Lamb
label: Donor Name
content: Venice Lamb
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM LAMB WORKSHEET: "MENDE HORIZONTAL LOOM, 'GBATAMEI' FOR WEAVING KPOKPOIS STRIP WEAVE, OBTAINED FROM SENESSIE KOROMA, A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND FINE WEAVER." FROM LAMB WORKSHEET (COMPONENTS): WARP BUNDLE; LAZE LOOP; SHED STICK; RAFTER HOOK "GBATAMEI;" ATTACHMENT CORD; HEDDLE ROCKER; ATTACHMENT CORDS; DOUBLE HEDDLE; TREADLE ATTACHMENT LOOPS; TREADLES; BEATER; STICK SHUTTLE, CHARGED; STICK SHUTTLE, CHARGED; STICK SHUTTLE, CHARGED; CLOTH BEAM GROUP; CLOTH BEAM ATTACHMENT CORD; CLOTH; CLOSURE. "THE FOUR ITEMS CLOTH BEAM GROUPÙ ARE PART OF WHAT IS CALLED A CLOTH BEAM, HERE CONSTRUCTED AS A CLAMP OVER THE WOVEN CLOTH, WHICH CAN BE MOVED; HELD JUST BEHIND THE WEAVER AND SOMEHOW ATTACHED SO AS TO HOLD THE WEFT TAUGHT AND LEVEL." NMAFA'S RECORDED COMPONENTS: EJ10449 A BEATER, HEDDLES, WARP, CLOTH EJ10449 B WEAVING SWORD EJ10449 C SHUTTLE EJ10449 D SHUTTLE EJ10449 E SHUTTLE EJ10449 F STICK EJ10449 G BEAM EJ10449 H BEAM EJ10449 I STICK
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bandajuma Kpolihun, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361597
label: USNM Number
content: EJ10449-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Loom