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Belt LoomSf1144

Belt loom consisting of a partially woven belt with a beige lozenge pattern with s-shapes and ovals in the middle on a brown ground and bordered with red and black stripes. In the middle are two wooden sticks and a heddle with orange pieces of twine along with a conical shaped roll of brown wool. The end section is long strands of twine twisted together.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, dye and wood
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1125 a

Backstrap loom with belt in the process of being woven. Consists of plant fibre rope wrapped with plastic at warp end, multi-coloured over-twisted synthetic and cotton thread warp, blue and yellow thread heddles; partially woven belt and a multi-strand rope for a waist tie. The belt has a repeated triangular design.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, plant fibre, plastic and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1150 a-c

A loom (part a-c) with an unfinished woven belt. The design consists of stripes of brown with cutout figures on a red, white, green, brown, pink, fuchsia and purple striped ground. The textile is attached at the top to a large rectangular shaped wooden piece with rectangular notches on either end; attached to the block is rectangular woven back strap. The bottom warp are looped onto a fibre rope. Intertwine in the multi-coloured warp are ten cylindrical shaped heddles of varying size. Separate to the loom is a rectangular shaped beater with angled ends (part b) and a cylindrical shaped pick with tapered ends (part c).

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1141 a-h

Part a: wooden loom with a small section of dark red, pink, black and white woven textile with numerous unraveled strands wrapped around other pieces of wood. Part b: thick wooden bar with one flat end and one pointed end. Part c: long and thin wooden stick with pointed end. Part d: short and thick wooden stick with pointed end. Part e: rectangular wooden tool with tapered end. Part f: wooden stick that tapers to a point at one end and has a large knob at the other. Part g: light brown braided cord. Part h: blue, blue, brown and beige braided cord.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, cotton fibre, wood and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1126 a-o

Part a: Overdress loom, consists of two large branch beams, warp and partly woven overdress, heddles and rod and large branch shed rod. Weaving is about two thirds black warp face and one third (on one side) design panel of horses and geometric in purple, white, orange, red, green and yellow. Part b: shed roll, part c: comb made of dark wood, flat and slightly tapered, jagged top and bottom. Part d: long slender stick for holding picked up threads, part e: pick beater made of yellow horn. Part f: flattened pointed stick for picking up threads made of dark wood and slightly curved and tapered to a point. Part g: Dark brown wood, one piece with knob handle and round shaft which is shaped to a point. Part h: dark brown wood with tapered ends, roughly rounded and smoothed. Part i: dark brown leather tie, two lengths joined through slits. Part j: leather tie but only one length and end has three slits. Part k: Grey, brown and red braid tie. Part l: Long stick. Part m: long and thick rounded bar. Part n: Grey and light brown coloured woven band with red spots. Part o: Dark and light brown tie.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, cotton fibre, sheep wool fibre, skin, horn, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Backstrap Loom1500/4 a-c

Long black coloured tubular wooden piece that is supported in the centre by a black carved arch. On either ends of the tubular piece are two carved human heads. Parts b and c are pieces of green fibre cord.

Culture
Sumbawanese
Material
wood and synthetic fibre
Made in
Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow LoomNa1608

A loom with a lightly coloured wood bow which curves and has a tan hide piece attached at one end and the strings for the weaving tied at the other end. One piece of cardboard separates the strings from each other as they are threaded through its holes. The design has a white background with purple and orange diamonds outlined and connected together with a horizontal green line. In between each set of purple and orange diamonds is a red-purple rectangular pattern made up of triangles pointing to a centre.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
diamond willow wood, dye, porcupine quill, fibre and paper
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Backstrap Loom1201/35

Backstrap loom carved from single piece of wood, with arms extending out to each end. Ends are carved and incised and have 6 holes in each. Both ends are missing the tip, where a seventh hole used to be.

Culture
Balinese
Material
wood
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1089

Loom that consists of warp, woven band of hand-spun sheep wool and pink commercial cotton heddles. The band has yellow and orange selvedges and white, red and brown chevron pattern.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loom1201/37 a-e

Part a: loom with weaving and poles; part b: top wooden piece; part c: bottom wooden piece; part d: wooden peg; part e: knotted piece of string. The thick wooden upper piece (part b) and lower piece (part c) flank a row of fine wooden slates with a piece of white, red and blue weaving in progress (part a). The threads continue beneath the lower piece and are wrapped around eight poles.

Culture
Afghan
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and metal
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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