1983.W.1812.A-B Loom end sticks (Peru, Andean highlands or coast)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Textiles are some of the finest and most specialized arts of the Andes, providing fundamental information regarding regional production, developed techniques, and adopted styles. Loom end sticks serve to establish the top and base of a weaver’s loom. The longitudinal threads, or warps, are looped around the end sticks, between which the artisan begins to weave the horizontal threads, or wefts, for the textile production.

Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1983.W.1815; 1983.W.1818; 1983.W.1821; 1983.W.1809; 1983.W.1812.a–b; 1983.W.1835; 1983.W.1839], 2015.

NOTES
  • A.D. 900-1476, NOT updated by KJones in TMS.
  • No culture noted; Updated geography, dates, and period in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean highlands or coast, A.D. 1100–1450, Late Intermediate.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 7, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.

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Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622

Historical periods
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313

Individuals

Subject terms
loom end sticks (textile fabricating tools and equipment): DMA
textile working equipment: AAT: 300163224
looms (textile tools): AAT: 300247546
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
weaving: AAT: 300053642
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals: DMA
feline: DMA
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
Andes (mountain system) : TGN : 7016589

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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FUN FACTS
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Period Uncertain - Miscellaneous. No number. One pair of loom bars with carved ends."

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General Description
Textiles are some of the finest and most specialized arts of the Andes, providing fundamental information regarding regional production, developed techniques, and adopted styles. Loom end sticks serve to establish the top and base of a weaver’s loom. The longitudinal threads, or warps, are looped around the end sticks, between which the artisan begins to weave the horizontal threads, or wefts, for the textile production.

Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1983.W.1815; 1983.W.1818; 1983.W.1821; 1983.W.1809; 1983.W.1812.a–b; 1983.W.1835; 1983.W.1839], 2015.

Fun Facts
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Period Uncertain - Miscellaneous. No number. One pair of loom bars with carved ends."

Archival Resources

Web Resources

Notes
  • A.D. 900-1476, NOT updated by KJones in TMS.
  • No culture noted; Updated geography, dates, and period in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean highlands or coast, A.D. 1100–1450, Late Intermediate.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 7, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622

Historical periods
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313

Individuals

Subject terms
loom end sticks (textile fabricating tools and equipment): DMA
textile working equipment: AAT: 300163224
looms (textile tools): AAT: 300247546
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
weaving: AAT: 300053642
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals: DMA
feline: DMA
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
Andes (mountain system) : TGN : 7016589

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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1983.W.1812.A-B
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*Arts of the Americas
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
%copyedited_Gail
incising: AAT: 300053847
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
%Archived
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
carving (processes): AAT: 300053149
Andes (mountain system/South America): TGN: 7016589
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
feline (cat-like): DMA
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
Late Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017313
weaving: AAT: 300053642
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
textile working equipment: AAT: 300163224
looms (textile tools): AAT: 300247546
equipment: AAT: 300163224
loom end sticks (textile fabricating tools and equipment): DMA
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