Concluding part (Part IV) of H. Ling Roth's series on primitive looms, from the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1918. It describes and compares the Solomon Island (Nissan/Buka) frame loom, a Lapp braid loom with bone heddle, Norwegian and English rigid-heddle looms, Oriental vertical mat looms (Ceylon, Hong Kong, Ainu), upright and warp-weighted looms from classical sources (the Vatican Virgil, Braunius) and Egypto-Greek models, and Indian and Turkish rug looms. It also examines toothed beaters-in and bone combs from Mortlake, Kent's Cavern and Glastonbury, disputing their interpretation as weaving tools, and closes with a discussion of the origin and distribution of looms, arguing for independent invention in some cases. Illustrated with many line drawings of looms and tools.

Type

Article

Date

1918

Language

English

Pages

42