Context (Production / use)
Model picb'il backstrap loom. bamboo heddle stick & shed sticks. Wooden near loom bar and far loom bar, maguey fibre selvedge ties, nylon heddle thread. features butterfly, dog footprint, water jug and duck patterns inlaid into sheer fabric design. Produced for tourist sale. Thread number 22 cotton produced in El Salvador.

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Context (Field collection)
Purchased by Callie Vandewiele during her PhD field research as part of a Crowther-Beynon Grant from an unnamed textile vendor in the indoor indigenous market in San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz Guatemala in July of 2016.

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Description (Physical description)
Model picb'il backstrap loom. Bamboo heddle stick & shed sticks. Wooden near loom bar and far loom bar, maguey fibre selvedge ties, nylon heddle thread. features butterfly, dog footprint, water jug and duck patterns inlaid design onto sheer textile. Produced for tourist sale.

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Context (Display)
Exhibited in Looms of our Grandmothers: Picb'il textiles from Guatemala, 16 May – 6 October 2019.
Label noted 'Small model looms like this are made in Cobán and San Juan Chamelco for both local and international tourist markets. It is a completely functional miniature loom. The patterns on the horizontal cotton wefts are traditional to the region and include Ducks, Clay pots, Dog footprints and Corn plants.'
Event Date 21/1/2020
Author: rachel hand