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Chancay Loom
Chancay Artisans1100 A.D. - 1450 A.D.
Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum
Lima, Peru
Back strap loom, used by Chancay artisans to teach the art of weaving. We can see unskilled labor in the process of placing wefts and the change of designs for teaching different forms.
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Details
- Title: Chancay Loom
- Creator: Chancay Artisans
- Date Created: 1100 A.D. - 1450 A.D.
- Physical Location: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum, Lima
- Location Created: Chancay, Lima, Perú
- Physical Dimensions: Height 470mm x Width 430 mm
- Provenance: Donation
- Subject Keywords: Textil, Loom, Chancay
- Type: Textile tool
- External Link: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum
- Medium: Cotton thread and camelid fiber threads probably alpaca and vegetable dyes
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