. Studies in primitive looms. 4 Gr. yell. 5Red ...59Gr. yel. blue Dk. , 277 mm.(= 105 ins.) The coloured warp is a characteristic of these looms. In the specimen in theLiverpool Museum the figured pattern is woven-in similarly on the wrong side andfollows the laying of the warp, which repeats in eights as shown in Fig. 125, nearestto where the work has been left unfinished. There is another figure pattern furtheraway (not shown), which does not agree with this warp-laying. The warp at the 1 A loom from Sermata Island, between Timor and Timor-laut,


. Studies in primitive looms. 4 Gr. yell. 5Red ...59Gr. yel. blue Dk. , 277 mm.(= 105 ins.) The coloured warp is a characteristic of these looms. In the specimen in theLiverpool Museum the figured pattern is woven-in similarly on the wrong side andfollows the laying of the warp, which repeats in eights as shown in Fig. 125, nearestto where the work has been left unfinished. There is another figure pattern furtheraway (not shown), which does not agree with this warp-laying. The warp at the 1 A loom from Sermata Island, between Timor and Timor-laut, in the British Museum,is provided with a similar temple but quite flat, 12 mm. broad and 4 mm. depth of point. H. Ling Eoth.—Studies in Primitive Looms, W selvedge begins with red and follows on with blue and white, then red in the centrefor a width of cm. (5f inches), and then white, blue, yellow and red to theopposite selvedge. The weft is gold, blue, white, and green yarn. /.* 4,& s,-j ( SHEDSTICK. k (came loose Itt^iPosirW fcR,EAST BEAM LIVERPOOL mus. /2 70 H. Ling Eoth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. L-RQt>5HED STICKMEDDLE 5W0RPBEATEFHN ;5- EDC-E SWORD BEATEK-IN 5 Set*, j. i_ixn_ _l


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