- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pattern sword for backstrap loom. Flat length of bamboo with one ends tapering to an assymetric point, the other being roughly symmetrical. For the other components of this loom see 1982.8.28 - .56 [BS [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
- 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 Bamboo Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 950 mm, Width: max 30 mm, Depth: max 10 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1982.8.36
Search terms: Textile, Tool, Loom Part, Loom Backstrap, Beater
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