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Photo from Dimen Village of a detail of the backstrap loom being taken off the warping bench on which it was warped on. Wu Mnci is keeping the warp threats taunt or the implements that separate the warp will fall out. The metal cylinder on the left functions as a shed rod. The weaver's sword in the middle help to keep the lease cross in place. On the right, the cloth beam holds the warp taunt.
Date Created
2010-07-19
Format
Photograph
Keywords
Kam, Dong, Guizhou, China, Chinese Minority, Cultural preservation, Dimen Village, Artisans, Wu Mnci, 吴孟席, Crafts, Garments, Women, Backstrap Loom, Making of the backstrap loom, Backstrap loom parts, Work
Location
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
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Funding Provided by University of the Pacific
Rights Holder
Marie Anna Lee, c. 2019
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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.
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Recommended Citation
Lee, Marie Anna, "Detail of loom taken off warping bench" (2010). All Photographs. 2576.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/kam-photos/2576
Keywords
Kam, Dong, Guizhou, China, Chinese Minority, Cultural preservation, Dimen Village, Artisans, Wu Mnci, 吴孟席, Crafts, Garments, Women, Backstrap Loom, Making of the backstrap loom, Backstrap loom parts, Work
