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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Backstrap Loom
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Backstrap Loom

Place CreatedGuatemala, Central America, North America
CultureMaya
Date20th Century
MediumCotton, wood
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions47 x 22 3/4 in. (119.4 x 57.8 cm)
Object number2009.042.547
Exhibition HistoryThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/111.
"The Ties that Bind: Ancient Maya Textiles and the Modern Tradition," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/tiesbind.
ProvenanceEx coll. Samuel R. Bright, Jr. (1936-2001) and Mickey Paddock Bright Griffin, United States.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas