Weaving frames

Title
Weaving frames
Year/Period
c.1890
Region
Cambodia
Object Type
Accession No.
1991-00019

These weaving frames are held together by a wooden bar and the frame is set up horizontally on the ground. It use by weavers to stretch and to measure the warp yarn before it is transferred onto the loom. The yarn is wound around the 'teeth' of the weaving frames in a zig-zag manner.