. Studies in primitive looms. istribution of the various forms of looms found 1 Liberia, London, 1906, ii, pp. 1016-18. 2 Geog. Journ., November, 1900, xviii, p. 475. 3 F. J. Bieber, Globus, March 8th, 1908. 4 The Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt, London, 1907, Fig. 133, p. 134. 5 I gather this characteristic from illustrations of Syrian looms, kindly sent me byDr. Harvey Porter, of the American Baptist Mission, Beirut. 6 Le Tissage aux Cartons et son utilisatio/i decorative dans VEgypte xlncienne, Neuchatel,Suisse, 1916. 64 H. Ling Eoth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. in Africa at the present day
. Studies in primitive looms. istribution of the various forms of looms found 1 Liberia, London, 1906, ii, pp. 1016-18. 2 Geog. Journ., November, 1900, xviii, p. 475. 3 F. J. Bieber, Globus, March 8th, 1908. 4 The Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt, London, 1907, Fig. 133, p. 134. 5 I gather this characteristic from illustrations of Syrian looms, kindly sent me byDr. Harvey Porter, of the American Baptist Mission, Beirut. 6 Le Tissage aux Cartons et son utilisatio/i decorative dans VEgypte xlncienne, Neuchatel,Suisse, 1916. 64 H. Ling Eoth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. in Africa at the present day. The attempt must he regarded as strictly tentativeonly, for, while the main positions are, I think, fairly correctly placed, details of theextension of each individual form are still lacking. With the exception of the vertical mat loom, which may possibly be indi-genous to the heart of Africa, but about which we have not sufficient evidence todecide at present, and of the vertical cotton loom, which may have had its birth. in Egypt, all the other five forms are introduced. The fixed heddle loom appearsto have entered Africa both in the north-east vid Arabia and in the south-east vidMadagascar. The horizontal narrow band treadle loom came possibly fromPortugal, and the pit treadle loom was probably imported from India vid Mediterranean or Asiatic treadle loom and the carton loom probably foundtheir way in vid the Mediterranean, if the latter was not indigenous to Egypt. [Part III, Indonesian Looms, to follow.] \_Reprintedfrom the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. XLVII, January-June, 65 STUDIES IN PRIMITIVE H. Ling Roth. Part III. 6. Indonesian Looms. The Indonesian loom belongs to the Pacific type of loom, two forms of which, theAmerican and Ainu, have already been described in Part I. There appear to bethree forms of loom in Indonesia, taking the area in a wide sense. They are theDusim and Iban (Sea Dyak) loom, the Ilanun and I
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