- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Weaving wand
- Date of Original:
- 1800/2012
- Subject:
- Nupe (African people)--Nigeria
Looms--Nigeria
Weaving--Nigeria
Woodwork - Location:
- Nigeria, 9.081999, 8.675277
- Medium:
- textile tools
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Weaving wand created by the Nupe people of Nigeria.
Carved wooden sticks like this are used as weaving tools among textile makers in Nigeria working with large vertical looms. The wand is used to keep the vertical warp threads separated as they are intertwined with the horizontal weft threads.
Anonymous gift to the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm07292011-331
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm07292011-331
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800/2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 stick : wood ; 103 x 7 x 3 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
-
