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Description
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci making pink thread 3-ply in preparation for making a backstrap loom. To do so, she pulls a long loop through another loop. She wings the 3-ply thread on a spool that she holds in her hand while the original spool spins in a plastic bag by her feet.
Date Created
2010-07-19
Format
Photograph
Keywords
Kam, Dong, Guizhou, China, Chinese Minority, Cultural preservation, Dimen Village, Crafts, Backstrap Loom, Women, Artisans, Wu Mnci, 吴孟席, Work, Making of the backstrap loom
Location
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
Acknowledgements
Funding Provided by University of the Pacific
Rights Holder
Marie Anna Lee, c. 2019
Rights Management
All images and videos provided in the Kam Minority Archive by Marie Anna Lee on University of the Pacific's Scholarly Commons are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) license.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Lee, Marie Anna, "Preparing thread" (2010). All Photographs. 2500.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/kam-photos/2500
Keywords
Kam, Dong, Guizhou, China, Chinese Minority, Cultural preservation, Dimen Village, Crafts, Backstrap Loom, Women, Artisans, Wu Mnci, 吴孟席, Work, Making of the backstrap loom
