Context (Amendments / updates)
As several elements of the loom are movable the individual elements have been numbered with suffixes.
1- Upper loom bar with cotton weave attached and far loom bar
2- wooden beater
3- central loom bar
4- bamboo shed stick.
Event Date 2019
Author: Diana Serediuc

Context (Production / use)
Model picb'il backstrap loom. Woven using number 22 white cotton thread produced in El Salvador. Produced for tourist purchase or external markets.

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 the cooperative Santa Maria de Chirripur in 2017.

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Description (Physical description)
Model picb'il backstrap loom. Bamboo heddle stick & shed stick. Wooden beater, near loom bar and far loom bar, cotton cord selvedge ties & heddle thread. Features butterfly corral & puntito (dot) pattern inlaid design. Woven using number 22 white cotton thread produced in El Salvador. Open weave, sheer textile.

Event Date 19/3/2019
Author: Alison clark

Description (Physical description)
Model picb'il backstrap loom with cotton warp, bamboo heddle stick and shed stick. Wooden beater, near loom bar and far loom bar, cotton cord selvedge ties & heddle thread. Features butterfly corral & puntito (dot) pattern inlaid design. Woven using number 22 white cotton thread produced in El Salvador. Open weave, sheer textile. 2019.13.1: upper loom bar with cotton weave and far loom bar. 2019.13.2:sheddle rod; 2019.13.3: central loom bar; 2019.13.4: wooden beater.
Event Date 18/9/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc