- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sword stick for tension loom. Length of flat wood with tapered ends. [BS [OPS Move] 12/4/2017]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 01/1952
- Date collected
- By January 1952
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1952
- Materials and processes
- Material Banana Leaf Plant, Material Wood Plant, Process Woven, Process Carved, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 3 mm, Width: max 48 mm, Length: max 498 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1952.5.8.2
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