Sword (Textiles)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In weaving, sword refers to a blade-shaped wooden implement that is used to help open the shed, to hold the shed open while the weft is inserted, and to beat the weft.

Excerpt from
Ann Rowe, “Glossary,” in Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Rowe, Laura Miller and Lynn Meisch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007): 289-295.

NOTES

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WEB RESOURCES

ARCHIVAL RESOURCES

FUN FACTS

TEACHING IDEAS

RULES
apply to objects where title contains loom sword
rules_operator
AND
General Description
In weaving, sword refers to a blade-shaped wooden implement that is used to help open the shed, to hold the shed open while the weft is inserted, and to beat the weft.

Excerpt from
Ann Rowe, “Glossary,” in Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Rowe, Laura Miller and Lynn Meisch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007): 289-295.

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources

Notes

rules
Apply To
Objects
title
Contains
loom sword
tags
#draft
#completed
@Higgins
*Arts of the Americas
~American Indian
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
*Latin American Art
weaving: AAT: 300053642
.glossary
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
textile working equipment: AAT: 300163224
sword (textile working equipment): DMA
source file
materials_and_techniques-0074.xml.nores