Loom
Title
Loom
Description
Wooden loom consisting of several individual parts: a kasoli winding wood (length: 24 cm, width: 4,5 cm), a spindle with string (length: 32,5 cm), a weaving sword, a warp beam, a back yoke, heddle rods, a weaving shuffle and dividers, as well as a started woven work
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Provenance
Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1913. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.
Place of Creation
Seram (West, Hatanuru)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
Width of yoke: 106,5 cm
Height of yoke: 10,5 cm
Height of yoke: 10,5 cm
Materials
Wood, bamboo, cotton
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20593
Collection
Citation
Unknown , “Loom,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 31, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/241.
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