Zemanek-Münster

Weaving implement: suspended skeiner

Indonesia - Sumba
not available anymore
Provenance
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 79,5 cm
H: 31.3 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, seven parts, shaft with square-section crowned by anthropomorphic head, two movable crossbars at both ends, incised diamond-shaped ornamentation, slightly dam., abrasion of paint;
for winding thread, yarn, or twine into skeins.


Comparing literature

Hinterseer, Thomas, Arts et Traditions de Sumba, o. O. 2016, p. 192, ill. 8

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