Peruvian Loom in the Proto-Chimu Period
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A short note from the journal Man by T. A. Joyce on a Proto-Chimu pottery bowl from the Chicama Valley, Peru, whose painted lip shows eight women weaving at looms under matting-roofed sheds. Joyce observes that none of the looms has a heddle, so the textiles are tapestry, and the patterns run diagonally to limit vertical slits. He then discusses Max Schmidt's conclusions on Peruvian tapestry slit treatments (open slits, sewing, overlap, interlocking wefts) and suggests the heddle came late to Peruvian weaving, possibly not before contact with the Inca.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1921
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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