Context (Related Documents)
Two small pieces of paper were found with B, printed at the top is 'Jardines William Courtauld', with handwritten notes in blue ink below. The handwriting is hard to read, but it as been photographed and transcribed as best as possible below.
‘Amarapura city of 6[?..] outside Mandalay.
Family of eight children (6 girls, 2 boys) - Burmese (Muslims) - atypical.
Yarn (smuggled ?for children).
1 girl - one day to weave 1 3/4 yds - (45 Kyats (currency)]
30 (k[yats] labour.
Father supplements [?] by boy a pony cart driver.
and 25,23 (21 boy - at school 10th grade). Girls 18, 16, 14, 19 (12 boy = 5th grade)
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U Tin Mayng - Father
Daw Kyi - Mother
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4 looms.
(all the girls went to school to 7th grade). All live in one house -
Father [?]outs to [?uqa] + pony.
Electricity [?…] looms.
3 hours of lunch/then lunch/+ 4 hours/then dinner - 10 hours.
Family [?..] but girls don’t get paid but get all they need for the family.
[?]Sunni [?..] - + quawny.
Family here for two generations.
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Design - the byers indicate the designs and then they simply imitate and set it up themselves. The retailer will put on 10-15 kyats.
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Grandpa went to Mecca a Hajji -
Loom: costs 700 kyats. Entirely wood, no nails.'

[Sent to archives. Katrina Dring, 06/08/2024]
Event Date
Author: Annie McKay

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label attached to the white string reads: ‘857. Weaving loom connecting post[?..] - 5/. Back & [?…..].
Handwritten label attached to the framework reads: ‘857. Weaving loom 17. Namkham.' Another attached to this part reads: '857 weaving loom. 18. Namkham.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Related Documents)
See list created by Otto Sampson of objects BA4/2/25 collected for the museum in archives.
Event Date 4/1937
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1938.89 A-G: 'Weaving loom with red and blue thread being worked into a multicoloured cloth. Massive framework. Probably back strap (?framed warp beam). Pair of reciprocating heddles. Remains of another heddle. Fabric 6" wide. Red tabby, and extra coloured wefts floating.
A: Sword for the loom.
B: Threads of various colours for loom.'
Event Date 11/5/1994
Author: Annie McKay

Conservation (Pest Debris Removed)
CON.2015.227 | Pest Debris Removed
Event Date 28/1/2015
Author: Annie McKay

Description (Physical description)
Threads of various colours for loom.

Event Date 6/12/2017
Author: Annie McKay

Description (Physical description)
Weaving equipment consisting of four separate objects: red thread rolled on a wooden spool [.2]; long bunch of loose red string [.3]; wound up white coiled string [.4]; and loom with threads [.1]. This consists of two round ceramic loom weights; eleven wooden rods in six sections with blue, pink and white thread wound around them and attached; and a lot of red thread attached at one end, wound with white string. At another end is a complete rectangular panel consisting of red thread with stripes of pink, blue, white, green, orange, purple with some decoration of squares, flowers and a star on top.
Event Date 24/7/2024
Author: Clare McKenna

Conservation (Pest Debris Removed)
CON.2015.227 | Pest Debris Removed
Event Date 24/7/2024
Author: Clare McKenna

Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2024.5985 | Assessment Only
Event Date 30/7/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5990 | Freezing
Event Date 2/8/2024
Author: Anne Doering

Context (Found together / assemblage)
This object appears as number 859 on a list of objects from Otto Samson, it is a collection of threads for a loom (object 857 on same list).
Event Date 12/2/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck