- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cylindrical ?reed heddle from backstrap loom with mostly purple coloured leashes. The leashes go around warp threads of [1982.8.54]. For the other components of this loom see 1982.8.28 - .56 [EH [OPS Move] 10/5/2017]
- Person
- Maker Idrus Yahya
- Field collector Michael Hitchcock
- Field collector Pitt Rivers Museum
- PRM source Michael Hitchcock
- Date / Period
- Date made: 05/1981-02/1982
- Date collected
- 1982
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1982
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Reed Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length 930 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1982.8.34.12
Search terms: Textile, Loom Part, Loom Backstrap, Weaving Accessory
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