hand loom
Horizontal wooden hand loom: West African. Used for weaving Kenti Cloth. Consists of warp threads, with finished cloth. Has a heavy frame, with split cranes, cord headles, wooden handle rods whcih are suspended by cord harnessess. Shuttles are shaped like a dug out canoe.
Details
- Category:
- Textile Industry
- Object Number:
- Y1972.64
- type:
- hand loom
- credit:
- Gift of Prof. J J Vincent, Dept of Textile Technology UMIST
