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-The Project Gutenberg EBook of Chincha Plain-weave cloths, by
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-Title: Chincha Plain-weave cloths
-
-Author: Lila M. O'Neale
- E. Bacon
- C. W. Gemmer
- R. V. Hall
- I. W. Johnson
- C. M. Osborne
- M. B. Ross
-
-Release Date: March 19, 2013 [EBook #42375]
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-
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-
- CHINCHA
- PLAIN-WEAVE CLOTHS
-
- BY
-
- L. M. O'NEALE, E. BACON, C. W. GEMMER,
- R. V. HALL, I. W. JOHNSON, C. M. OSBORNE,
- M. B. ROSS
-
-
- ANTHROPOLOGICAL RECORDS
-
- Vol. 9, No. 2
-
-
-
-
- ANTHROPOLOGICAL RECORDS
- EDITORS: E. W. GIFFORD, R. F. HEIZER, R. H. LOWIE, R. L. OLSON
- Volume 9, No. 2, pp. 133-156, 1 map, 8 figures in text, plates 1-9
- Submitted by editors March 8, 1948
- Issued February, 1949
- Price, 50 cents
-
-
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
- BERKELEY AND LOS ANGELES
- CALIFORNIA
-
- CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- LONDON, ENGLAND
-
-
- MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
-
-
-
-
-FOREWORD
-
-
-The study presented here was one of a series planned by Professor Lila
-M. O'Neale, Associate Curator of Textiles in the Museum of
-Anthropology. The fundamental idea was to make use of the wealth of
-material in the collections of the Museum of Anthropology,
-particularly its pre-Columbian Peruvian textiles, as source material
-for study and analysis by advanced students. Professor O'Neale's
-sudden death on February 2, 1948, means that, although the paper was
-completed and in the hands of the Board of Editors of Anthropological
-Records, the final proofreading has not been done by Professor
-O'Neale.
-
-The Board greatly regrets that this outstanding contribution will not
-be followed by others produced under the direction and guidance of a
-highly esteemed colleague.
-
-
-
-
-CONTENTS
-
-
- Introduction 133
- The material 133
-
- Dimensions of the Chincha cloths 135
- Lengths 135
- Widths 136
-
- Yarns 138
-
- Textures and weaving techniques 138
-
- Stitchery 140
- Patching and mending 141
-
- Pattern 141
-
- Color 143
-
- Summary 143
-
- Plates 145
-
-
-
-
- [Illustration: Map 1
- Chincha Environs]
-
-
-
-
-CHINCHA PLAIN-WEAVE CLOTHS
-
-BY
-
-L. M. O'NEALE, E. BACON, C. W. GEMMER, R. V. HALL, I. W. JOHNSON, C.
-M. OSBORNE, M. B. ROSS
-
-
-
-
-INTRODUCTION
-
-
-This study of the Chincha plain-weave materials in the Max Uhle
-collection of the University of California has been part of the work
-of a Senior course in technical analysis. Six members of the class,
-whose names appear as joint authors, are responsible for the data
-collected and for the initial organization.
-
-
-The Material
-
-The Chincha collection, excavated in 1900 by Dr. Max Uhle during the
-Peruvian expedition financed by Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst, is
-catalogued under two lot prefixes: 4- and 16-. Specimen numbers with
-the prefix 4- indicate that the precise provenience as to site and
-grave is known. The cloths in this lot have been previously analyzed
-and a preliminary report has been published.[1] The cloths in the 16-
-lot, as is explained in the report on the pottery,[2] did not identify
-perfectly with entries in the collector's field catalogue or their
-identification was dubious.
-
-Six Chincha sites described in Uhle's field catalogue[3] are shown on
-map 1. The number of cloth specimens representing each of these sites
-varies from 2 to 52 (table 1). Briefly, the time periods indicated by
-finds forming the basis of this report are as follows.
-
-Site A (2 specimens). "On the declivities of the valley towards the
-sea, 5 km. from Tambo de Mora to the north." Late Chincha period.
-
-Site B (3 specimens). La Cumbe cemetery; nearly exhausted; the few
-graves opened were "ordinary ones." Late Chincha period.
-
-Site C (37 specimens). In "the higher Northern part of the valley."
-Late Chincha period.
-
-Site D, and "near" site D (52 specimens). "Chamberlike tombs, which
-had been dug out in a mound-like older huaca." Late Chincha period.
-
-Site E, and "near" site E (20 specimens). "The dry natural terrace ...
-in front of the ruins of La Centinela." Several graves at this site
-held European articles. Late Chincha period, in part after the Spanish
-Conquest.
-
-Site F (2 specimens). "The natural terraces with slopes directed to
-the sea north of La Cumbe (circa Las Palmas)."[4] Late Chincha period.
-
- Table 1
-
- Basic Table: Sites, Periods, and Number
- of Specimens in Study
- ===================================================
- | | No. 4- | No. 16- | Total
- Site | Period | specs. | specs. | specs.
- ---------+--------------+--------+---------+-------
- A | Late Chincha | 2 | ... | 2
- B | Late Chincha | 2 | 1 | 3
- C | Late Chincha | ... | 37 | 37
- | and Inca | | |
- D | Late Chincha | 7 | 41 | 48
- "Near" D | | 4 | ... | 4
- E | Late Chincha | 10 | 9 | 19
- | and Inca | | |
- "Near" E | | 1 | ... | 1
- F | Late Chincha | 2 | ... | 2
- ---------+--------------+--------+---------+-------
- Totals | | 28 | 88 | 116
- ---------------------------------------------------
-
-Most of the fabrics described in the literature on ancient Peruvian
-textiles are characterized by beauty of coloring or arresting designs
-or unusual workmanship--sometimes by all three. These all-cotton
-Chincha specimens have none of the expectable features. First and last
-they seem to have served utilitarian purposes; for that reason, most
-of them are comparable to our so-called domestics. The larger ones are
-probably mantles: the proportions of the largest two-breadth pieces
-with full dimensions (4-3973d, 59.5 in. by 66 in. and 16-1250, 52 in.
-by 61 in.) place them in this group; a third specimen (16-1292), also
-formed of two breadths (intact breadth 35 in. plus fragmentary breadth
-28 in.) was probably a mantle 62 inches by 70 inches over all. The
-smaller specimens suggest scarves (or incomplete mantles), carrying
-cloths, or kerchiefs (figs. 1, 2).
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 1. Diagrams of eleven specimens with
- length-to-width proportions approximately 1:1, as indicated by
- diagonal. Seams in two-breadth textiles shown as broken lines.
- Largest specimen, 59.5 inches by 66 inches.]
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 2. Diagrams of seven rectangular specimens with
- length-to-width proportions approximately 2:1 as indicated by
- diagonal. Largest specimen, 62 inches by 22.5 inches.]
-
-The fact that many of the Chincha cloths in the 16- lot had apparently
-been roughly torn to rectangular shapes leads us to believe that the
-excavator used them to wrap pottery specimens. Indeed, the majority
-seem to have been used even by their makers as wrappings. A number of
-them have long loose stitches or hanging cordlike threads, which
-originally may have held several layers together. Many of the single
-breadths have traces of seaming stitches on one or both selvages,
-indicating that the original wrapping was two or three times its
-preserved width.
-
-A large proportion of the cloths in this group are badly worn and
-clumsily patched. Two, three, and sometimes more pieces of irregular
-shape applied to the base material and even on top of a first patch
-are not infrequent (pl. 3,d). The mended fragments do not appear to
-be either the original sizes or shapes. Many of them have been reduced
-to their present rectangular shape by tearing off tattered (?) edges.
-
-One small group of striped textiles in the 16- lot is a noteworthy
-exception to the majority. Finely striped cottons similar to the one
-in plate 5,d must certainly have been made for other than utility
-cloths, probably for garments.
-
-There are four small bags (or pads?) in the Chincha 4- lot. Three of
-these were formed of small whole cloths sewed together at the sides
-with running, double running, and whipping stitches respectively. The
-fourth is made of a piece of an edge-stripe material and has one
-loomstring end and one side selvage. On this bag the torn edges have
-been turned in and seamed with a running stitch.
-
-Ties for one of the bags have been made by plaiting in a 4-strand flat
-braid the elements consisting of the two loomstrings plus an
-additional 12-ply cord drawn through the corner of the bag to its
-center point, thus giving two ends. Another of the bags has a draw
-string formed by a 9-ply cord drawn through the top end with a running
-stitch.
-
-FOOTNOTES:
-
-[1] L. M. O'Neale and A. L. Kroeber, Textile Periods in Ancient
-Peru:I, UC-PAAE, 28:23-56, 1930.
-
-[2] A. L. Kroeber and W. D. Strong, The Uhle Collections from Chincha,
-UC-PAAE, 21:1-54, 1924; Max Uhle (A. L. Kroeber, ed.), Explorations at
-Chincha, UC-PAAE, 21:55-94, 1924.
-
-[3] Max Uhle, Explorations at Chincha, pl. 1, pp. 87-90.
-
-[4] Ibid., pp. 68, 69.
-
-
-
-
-DIMENSIONS OF THE CHINCHA CLOTHS
-
-
-One hundred twelve cloths in the plain-weave group were measured.
-Because some of the specimens could not be placed under tension, the
-forefinger was drawn along the cloth beside a steel tape to smooth out
-wrinkles. Measurements taken by this method approximate those on a
-cloth stretched between the bars of a loom.
-
-
-Lengths
-
-Complete dimensions can be taken on eighteen Chincha specimens in lots
-4- and 16-. As figures 1 and 2 show, these dimensions cluster around
-two sets of proportions: the eleven cloths represented in the diagram
-in figure 1 are squarish; the seven in figure 2, with a
-length-to-width proportion of approximately two-to-three to one, are
-rectangular. Four of the squarish cloths are formed of two separately
-woven breadths of material. All the rectangular cloths are single
-breadths.
-
-Measurements of these specimens with complete dimensions are given
-below under the two classifications.
-
- Squarish cloths Measurements in inches
- Specimen 4-3633b 15.5 by 14
- 16-1260 19 by 14
- 4-3890a 23.5 by 26
- 4-3883a 26.5 by 27
- 4-4056 27 by 26
- 16-1253 28.5 by 24
- 4-4027 29 by 28
- 4-4022a 40 by 35 (2 breadths)
- 4-3883b 43.5 by 38.5 (2 breadths)
- 16-1250 52 by 61 (2 breadths)
- 4-3973d 59.5 by 66 (2 breadths)
-
- Rectangular cloths
- Specimen 4-3889c 9.5 by 5
- 4-4029 10.5 by 4
- 4-3962 11.5 by 9
- 4-3882f 13 by 7
- 4-3710m 18 by 11.5
- 4-3883d 53.5 by 21
- 4-4059a 62 by 22.5
-
-From the twenty Chincha plain-weave cloths with intact lengths (fig.
-4) it is possible to know (1) that the cloths were woven by methods
-standard among the ancient Peruvians; (2) that each breadth represents
-a separate warping operation which established its ultimate length;
-(3) that each breadth was made singly on the loom. The evidence for
-such procedures and the identifying features of the end selvages on
-Peruvian cloths are to be recognized in the continuous thread which
-forms the warp skein--in contradistinction to cut ends of warps--and
-in the presence of two or more heavy wefts, the first ones put across
-the web. The cords binding the end loops of the warp skein to the loom
-bars hold the first of these loomstring wefts, as they are called, to
-the bars. The two or more succeeding wefts, which are interlaced with
-the warps, establish the width of the piece and give it a certain
-firmness. On the ends of some cloths the strand of cord for
-loomstrings was long enough to carry across the web only twice. In the
-majority of our plain-weave cloths it was carried across three times;
-in over a fifth of the total number of intact ends in the 16- lot the
-loomstring carried across four times. The frequencies of two, three,
-and four loomstrings at the ends of webs in this group are
-approximately as 6:32:16. A number of these occurrences are on cloths
-in which the heavy cord is not long enough to make a complete
-crossing; the remainder of the breadth is completed with weft of the
-size used for the regular weaving.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 3. Complete widths of textiles in Chincha
- plain-weave group. Separately woven webs of two-breadth cloths
- indicated by chevrons. Narrowest width, 4 inches.]
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 4. Complete lengths of textiles in Chincha
- plain-weave group. Separately woven webs of two-breadth cloths
- indicated by chevrons. Shortest length, 9.5 inches.]
-
-In the Chincha 4- lot, loomstrings of from 2- to 12-ply formed the
-weft for from two to six courses of weaving. In seven of the
-twenty-four specimens showing finished ends, the loomstring stopped
-partway across its course in the web and was there joined to the
-regular weft yarn. In two the joining was effected by finger knots, in
-the other by splicing (?). The two specimens (4-3889c and 4-4029)
-having strong 12-ply loomstrings were small but complete cloths which
-had been doubled and stitched along the sides to form bags. The
-loomstrings thus served to reinforce the open mouth of the bag.
-
-In eleven specimens the loomstrings had an initial S and final Z
-twist; twelve show the opposite combination. In one specimen (4-4056)
-the separate plies have an S twist, but the final yarn is untwisted.
-
-Complete lengths of Chincha plain-weave cloths in order from shortest
-to longest:
-
- Spec. no. Inches
-
- 4-3889c 9.5
- 4-4029 10.5
- 4-3962 11.5
- 4-3882f 13
- 4-3633b 15.5
- 4-3710m 18
- 16-1260 19
- 4-3890a 23.5
- 4-3882a 26.5
- 4-4056 27
- 16-1253 28.5
- 4-4027 29
- 4-4022a 40 (x 2)
- 4-3883b 43.5 (x 2)
- 16-1250 52 (x 2)
- 16-1290 53
- 4-3883d 53.5
- 4-3973d 59.5 (x 2)
- 4-4059a 62
- 16-1292 62
-
-Ninety-odd of the measured cloths are incomplete as to length. These
-preserved lengths fall within arbitrary groupings as follows:
-
- From 5 inches to 20 inches in length 29 pieces
- From 21 inches to 30 inches in length 33 pieces
- From 31 inches to 40 inches in length 17 pieces
- From 41 inches to 50 inches in length 7 pieces
- From 51 inches to 60 inches in length 4 pieces
- From 61 inches to 70 inches in length 2 pieces
-
-
-Widths
-
-There are three times as many weavings with complete widths as with
-complete lengths; 60 as compared to 20. Clues to the wrappings or
-blankets of which these breadths were sections are frequently
-furnished by traces of stitchery and broken threads on the side
-selvages. As shown by table 2 and figure 3, the five narrowest
-complete breadths (Group 1) are within a range of 4 to 12 inches.
-Narrow widths can be woven most rapidly on the backstrap loom.
-Complete breadths in Group 2 (18 specimens) fall within the range of
-14 to 20 inches. These widths, also, can be woven without much effort.
-Seaming together narrow breadths appears to have been preferred to
-weaving wider ones equal to the two or three which compose some of the
-rectangular specimens.
-
-Table 2
-
-Frequencies of Complete Width Measurements
-
- ======================================+========+===========+=======
- |Width in|Number of |Total
- |inches |occurrences|occur-
- | | |rences
- --------------------------------------+--------+-----------+-------
- Group 1 | | |
- 4-4029 | 4 | 1 |
- 4-3889c | 5 | 1 |
- 4-3882f | 7 | 1 |
- 4-3962 | 9 | 1 |
- 4-3710m | 11.5 | 1 | 5
- | | |
- Group 2 | | |
- 4-3633b, 16-1240, -1256, -1260, | | |
- -1274 | 14 | 5 |
- 4-3970, -4075d, 16-1274, -1280 (2) | 15.5 | 5 |
- 16-1240, -1248 | 16 | 2 |
- 4-4022a (2), 16-1225 | 17.5 | 3 |
- 4-3883b (2) | 19.5 | 2 |
- 4-4068b | 20.5 | 1 | 18
- | | |
- Group 3 | | |
- 4-3883d | 21 | 1 |
- 4-4059a | 22.5 | 1 |
- 4-4068b, 16-1291 | 23 | 2 |
- 16-1237, -1238, -1242, -1251, -1253 | 25 | 5 |
- 4-3890a, -4056 | 26 | 2 |
- 4-3883a, -4068d, 16-1251, -1265 | 27 | 4 |
- 4-4023 (2), -4027, 16-1257, -1265, | | |
- -1271, -1272, -1289 | 28 | 8 |
- 4-3633a, -4055, 16-1261 | 29 | 3 | 26
- | | |
- Group 4 | | |
- 16-1259 | 30 | 1 |
- 16-1250, -1294 | 31 | 2 |
- 4-3973d (2), 16-1283, -1304d | 33 | 4 |
- 16-1252, -1269b | 34 | 2 |
- 16-1266, -1292 | 35 | 2 |
- 16-1286 | 41 | 1 | 12
- --------------------------------------+--------+-----------+-------
-
-Group 3, as listed in table 2, comprises breadths falling within a
-range of 21 inches through 29 inches. These widths reduce weaving
-speed and bring about problems in manipulation of the loom parts. The
-twelve widest complete breadths in the Chincha lot range from 30
-inches to 35 inches with a single specimen measuring 41 inches. For
-this last piece, and possibly for several of the narrower ones in the
-same group, a two-bar loom not attached to the weaver's waist seems
-indicated.
-
-Complete widths of Chincha plain-weave fabrics in order from narrowest
-to widest:
-
- Spec. no. Inches
-
- 4-4029 4
- 4-3889c 5
- 4-3882f 7
- 4-3962 9
- 4-3710m 11.5
- 16-1274 13.5 + 14.5
- 4-3633b 14
- 16-1256 14
- 16-1260 14
- 16-1240 14.5 + 15.5
- 4-3970 15
- 16-1280 15 + 15
- 4-4075d 15.5
- 16-1248 16
- 16-1225 16.5
- 4-4022a 17.5 + 17.5
- 4-3883b 19 + 19.5
- 4-4068b 20.5 + 23
- 4-3883d 21
- 4-4059a 22.5
- 16-1291 23
- 16-1253 24.5
- 16-1237 25
- 4-3890a 26
- 4-4056 26
- 4-3883a 27
- 16-1251 27 + 24.5
- 4-4068d 27.5
- 16-1265 27.5
- 4-4027 28
- 16-1257 28
- 16-1271 28
- 16-1272 28
- 16-1289 28
- 4-4023 28 + 28.5
- 16-1261 28.5
- 4-3633a 29
- 4-4055 29
- 16-1259 30
- 16-1250 30 + 31
- 16-1294 31
- 16-1283 33
- 16-1304b 33
- 4-3973d 33 + 33
- 16-1252 33.5 + 33.5
- 16-1269b 34
- 16-1266 34.5
- 16-1292 35
- 16-1286 41
-
-Seventy-odd individually woven breadths of material are incomplete as
-to width. The arbitrary groupings in which these fall are as follows:
-
- Under 10 inches in width 3 specimens
- 11 inches to 20 inches 42 specimens
- 21 inches to 30 inches 22 specimens
- 31 inches to 40 inches 7 specimens
-
-Side selvages strengthened by any one of the several methods we know
-from commercial weavings are rare in textiles from primitive looms. It
-is not uncommon, however, to find four or five edge yarns drawn more
-closely together than are the others in the web. Familiarity with
-these two facts made our discovery of a unique selvage finish a matter
-of unusual interest. The edges of specimens 16-1228 and 16-1236 have
-been reinforced by two stitchery techniques. Plate 8,i shows the
-ordinary whipping stitches which form the foundation for the second
-technique. Plate 8,h shows this second line of work to consist of a
-double strand twined, but always from back to front, with the tops of
-the whipping stitches.
-
-On one of the Chincha 4- specimens (4-4068a) the half-inch selvage is
-distinguished from the body of the fabric by the use of warp yarns
-lighter in color than those appearing in the body of the fabric and by
-the two-over-one weave of the right-hand selvage in contrast to the
-one-over-one weave found elsewhere in the fabric. In specimen 4-4027
-the edges are strengthened on each side for some six inches of the
-length by a single heavy 4-ply warp unit.
-
-In the Chincha 4- specimens, where congestion of edge yarns occurs,
-its extent in from the edge varies from 5 threads (in 3 specimens) to
-24 threads (1 specimen); in the majority of these specimens, the
-congestion ranges from 6 to 12 threads (8 specimens). Textures in
-plate 4,a, c are comparable to those in which maximum congestion
-occurs.
-
-
-
-
-
-YARNS
-
-
-All yarns are initially spun as single plies. In the ancient Peruvian
-textiles, there are evidences of preferences for single-ply yarns or
-at least the use of them even in fabrics we should consider called for
-heavier elements. The Chincha domestic cloths are good examples. We
-made yarn analyses on half of the total number of cloths in the study.
-All but ten of the fifty-seven examined were woven with single-ply
-warp and weft elements and of these ten, only one coarse cloth had
-2-ply warps and wefts; the remaining nine had 2-ply warps crossed by
-single-ply wefts. The majority of these fabrics classified as "fine"
-weavings.
-
-Yarns may be twisted (spun) in two directions. The spirals formed by
-twisting may extend upward to the left (the S-twist) or to the right
-(the Z-twist). The frequencies of the left and the right twist in
-yarns are indicative of motor habits, if nothing more.
-
-The largest Chincha group comprises twenty-nine cloths in which the
-warp and weft elements have left spirals; a much smaller group (5
-specimens) shows yarns with right spirals. Two other groups (6 and 3
-pieces, respectively) have warps with left spirals crossed by wefts
-with right spirals and vice versa. The other cloths in which yarns
-with different twists are combined perhaps may represent the use of
-odds and ends of yarns. The following combinations were found:
-
-1. Single-ply S-twist and Z-twist warps crossed by single-ply S-twist
-wefts (2 specimens) or crossed by single-ply Z-twist wefts (1
-specimen).
-
-2. Single-ply S-twist warps crossed by single-ply S-twist and Z-twist
-wefts (1 fine-texture specimen).
-
-Yarns are characterized as soft- or slack-twist, medium-twist, hard- or
-tight-twist, with various intermediate degrees depending upon the
-angle taken by the spiral in relation to a vertical axis. A 25-degree
-angle, for example, characterizes a medium-twist yarn tending toward
-hard-twist. Yarns with 30-degree to 45-degree angles of twist are
-hard-twist yarns. More than half of an unselected sample of twenty
-yarns fell within the 25-degree to 45-degree range. The remaining
-seven had angles from 50 degrees to 90 degrees in some sections of
-their lengths. An idea of the variations in any one weaving element
-may be gained from plate 4,c and the enlarged section of fabric in
-plate 7,c.
-
-
-
-
-TEXTURES AND WEAVING TECHNIQUES
-
-
-In general, the Chincha weavings are smooth and closely woven (pls.
-3,b, and 4,b). There appears to have been little or no interest in
-varying the textures by employing yarns of different weights, although
-the usual irregularities to be noted in lengths of hand-spun yarns
-are also evident in these. Counts taken on the warps and wefts per
-inch give a fair indication of the textures, but these are to a degree
-dependent upon the spinning.
-
- [Illustration: Figure 5. Scatter diagram of thread counts per inch.
- Figures indicate number of specimens. Symbols: triangle, apex down,
- unit consists of one warp and one weft element; open square, unit
- consists of one warp, two weft elements; concentric circles, unit
- consists of two warps, one weft element; triangle, apex up, unit
- consists of warp and weft pairs.]
-
-Several variations of the elemental over-one-under-one plain weave are
-exemplified by the Chincha cloths. Included are the following:
-combinations of pairs of warps or wefts with single yarns of the
-opposite system, and pairs of warps and wefts as in the two-by-two
-basket weave. The one hundred and twelve specimens represented in the
-scatter diagram (fig. 5) fall into groups, according to the variations
-of the plain weave these are listed below in the order of their
-frequency:
-
- Group 1. Paired warps crossed by paired wefts: 8
-
- Group 2. Single warps crossed by paired wefts: 20
-
- The thread counts of 18 in this group are approximately 58
- warps by 40 wefts per inch.
-
- Group 3. Single warps crossed by single wefts: 22
-
- Thread counts in this group range from 13 warps by 18 wefts to
- 156 warps by 40 wefts per inch. Pl. 5,d shows a fabric with
- count of 108 warps by 42 wefts per inch.
-
- Group 4. Paired warps crossed by single wefts: 62
-
- Thread counts range from 16 warp pairs by 12 wefts to 44 warp
- pairs by 32 wefts per inch with one specimen having the high
- count of 80 warp pairs by 28 wefts per inch.
-
-In terms of weaving units, whether single yarns or pairs of yarns, 56
-of the 112 counts taken fall within a range of 26 to 44 warp units and
-24 to 36 weft units. Figure 5 shows this concentration within the
-frame.
-
-Weaving techniques, other than the basic structural types, are few in
-number. Drawing in colored warps for stripes is a preliminary to the
-actual interlacing of the elements. The results of this procedure can
-best be discussed under the heading "Pattern."
-
-The join is a technical feature that indicates standards of
-craftsmanship. It is customary in weaving materials with end as well
-as side selvages to give more or less attention to the closing of the
-space between the weaving proper and the heading strip. When the warps
-in the form of a skein had been spread out evenly and bound in place
-to the end bars, the ancient weavers on two-bar looms first wove a
-shallow heading strip to secure the warps in their positions and to
-establish the ultimate width of the fabric, a practice followed by
-some modern weavers today. Then the weaver reversed the loom end for
-end to begin what became the weaving proper, and continued until the
-length was complete. Difficulties or indifference to appearance very
-often resulted in a general looseness of texture where standard-size
-tools had to be removed and the interlacing done more or less by the
-fingers. Plate 2,a, b shows heading strips of different depths,
-fairly wide join areas in which the wefts are more widely spaced, and
-above these, the compact texture of the weaving proper.
-
-Three finely woven cloths, one of them shown in plate 5,d, exemplify
-warp locking, end-to-end. This technique is known from the earliest
-periods on the coast in the so-called patchworks from Nazca Valley
-graves. It occurs also in Middle- and Late-period textiles.[5] The
-methods of lengthening the warps by the addition of new ones vary, but
-one feature is common to all those examined: the supplementary
-transverse yarns are in effect scaffold or skeleton wefts.[6] In the
-Chincha cloths, the two warps interlock as shown in the reconstruction
-in plate 5,a. In two Chincha plain-weave cloths, as in the Nazca
-patchworks, the warps of two colors meet on the skeleton weft.
-
-Two specimens in lot 4- (3890a and 4056) are poor in quality of
-craftsmanship. Careless weaving resulted in the breaking of several
-warps, uneven shedding, and puckering in the center of the web. A
-three-inch difference in the length between the two side edges of
-specimen 4-4056 was probably due to slanting of the warping stakes
-(fig. 6). There is also a difference between the widths of the ends of
-each cloth, in one of them as much as three inches. Different weights
-of yarn are used, their twists ranging from soft-to-medium to crepe.
-
- [Illustration: =4-4056=
- Fig. 6. Diagram of a web showing an irregular shape which may have
- resulted from careless warping. Occurrences of plain-weave variations
- are indicated by symbols for units: +, one-by-one; =|,
- one-by-two; ++, two-by-one; and #, two-by-two (27 in. x 26 in.
- over all).]
-
-In specimen 4-3890a the warps were grouped in pairs throughout the
-breadth of the cloth. In the first eight and one-half inches of the
-length, the weft is single and for the remaining fifteen and one-half
-inches the wefts are paired. This results in plain-weave variations of
-two-by-one, or semibasket weave, and two-by-two, or basket weave.
-
-In setting up the loom for specimen 4-4056, twelve inches of the
-breadth were warped with units of single 2-ply warp yarns (fig. 6,
-right) and the remaining fourteen inches were set up for units of twin
-warps (fig. 6, left). Several plain-weave variations were found. The
-weaver introduced single and twin wefts at irregular intervals
-throughout the length of the cloth. Therefore, in the portion where
-the single warp unit interlaces with single wefts, a simple
-one-by-one, or plain weave results; where the single warp unit
-interlaces with twin wefts, a one-by-two, or semibasket weave occurs.
-In the portion of the breadth where warps are paired, interlacings of
-two-by-one, or semibasket weave, and two-by-two, or basket weave,
-occur.
-
-Owing to the difference in length between the two side edges of
-specimen 4-4056, the weaver started making adjustments before she had
-woven half the length of her cloth. In order to restore a working edge
-at right angles to her warps, she introduced incomplete or fill-in
-wefts; that is, weft yarns entered on the long side and carried a
-distance across the web and then turned back in the next shed (pl.
-8,a). The largest number of fill-in wefts occurs roughly at a point
-about a third up from the end. Here, seven wefts were introduced, one
-after the other, all entering from the same side of the web (pl.
-5,e). The distance across the web that these various wefts were
-carried ranges from ten to twenty inches. At each turning point of the
-weft there is a kelim slit.
-
-FOOTNOTES:
-
-[5] L. M. O'Neale and A. L. Kroeber, Textile Periods in Ancient Peru:
-I, basic tables at end of plates.
-
-[6] L. M. O'Neale, Textiles of the Early Nazca Period, Field Mus. Nat.
-Hist., Anthrop. Mem., 2:180, 1937.
-
-
-
-
-STITCHERY
-
-
-Three very familiar needle techniques occur on the Chincha plain-weave
-cloths. Breadths are seamed together with whipping stitches or running
-stitches, or are laced together with the antique seam, often called
-the baseball stitch (pl. 8,d). The effects vary with the depth and
-tightness of the seaming. Some of the whipping stitches are left loose
-so the two breadths lie flat, their selvages barely touching; other
-stitches are drawn so tightly that the selvages form a ridge (pl.
-5,b). The smallest stitches are taken under two or three warps less
-than one-eighth inch deep and about one-eighth inch apart. Deeper
-stitches found on the coarse wrappings and one bag (4-3889) range from
-a quarter-inch to three-eighths of an inch in depth and the same
-distances apart.
-
-The baseball stitch, if well done, can bring the selvages of two
-breadths together in a flat seam (pl. 5,d). The Chincha types range
-from very loosely drawn to tightly drawn threads.
-
-Running and double running stitches (pl. 8,b, c), never very
-carefully executed on the plain-weave specimens, fasten down all the
-patches, hems, and occasionally the edges of lapped seams in which one
-breadth is extended conspicuously over another. Specimen 16-1229 has
-such a seam with a six-inch overlap. When running stitches are small,
-they range from one-eighth to one-quarter inch in length with
-approximately the same distance between them. Many more are from
-one-quarter to one-half inch long, especially on the numerous patches
-(pl. 3,d), and the distances between the stitches may be even
-longer. When running stitches are used for the hems, the cloth edges,
-including selvages, are turned under twice, just as is our customary
-procedure. Double running stitches on a bag (4-3889c) are about a
-quarter-inch long.
-
-Because of the variety of uses to which running stitches are put, they
-outnumber the other types two to one in the 16- lot, being often
-combined with the whipping and baseball techniques.
-
-Needleknitting, a decorative stitch which occurs frequently on
-Cahuachi (Early Nazca) textiles[7] is the edge finish on four of the
-Chincha plain-weave cloths (pl. 5,c). From the side, the stitch
-resembles a whipping stitch except for its compactness and the fact
-that the lines of thread are upright, not slanting; from the edge,
-the stitch resembles a chain (pl. 8,f, g). The Chincha variety
-differs slightly from that on the Early Nazca textiles: stitches taken
-straight over the edge alternate with those linked together with the
-chain effect.
-
-
-Patching and Mending
-
-Any form of repair technique in Peruvian textiles is rare. Many of the
-materials show wear and occasionally coarse stitches are put through
-the cloth to draw the edges of a tear together; otherwise there is
-little to suggest concern with prolonging the life of a garment.
-
-In a series of Chincha domestic cloths there are eleven patched
-specimens but not one trace of reweaving as in darning techniques.
-Apparently the unusual number of mended cloths interested the
-collectors in the field for, although a half dozen fragments appear to
-have been reduced to their present size, the patched portions have
-been carefully preserved. Fragmentary lengths of these textiles ranged
-from 14 to 28 inches; widths ranged from 13 to 30 inches.
-
-Certain generalizations are pertinent to all the mended fragments.
-There is no evidence of the use of a cutting tool; the edges of the
-patching pieces were torn or snagged along a thread. If the selvages
-were somewhat worn, the seamstress did not remove them but made a deep
-turn to fold the worn part to the underside. Much of the patching
-material was perceptibly worn to begin with; three brown specimens
-were badly disintegrated. On specimen 16-1259 there are four
-overlapping layers of patching material in one spot. Generally, the
-worn spot covered by a patch or several patches is an area in which
-the weaving was poorly done.
-
-The patched fabrics are in the medium- and coarse-texture groups with
-the exception of one fine cloth (16-1224). The repair materials fall
-within all three texture groups. A third of the patches (11 out of
-31) were of striped materials, most of which are of better quality
-than the base fabric. Patches too small to cover the entire worn area
-are pieced out by overlapping them with a second piece of material.
-More than a third of the patches were taken from the edges of the
-breadths, as the stripes indicate.
-
-Techniques used to fasten down the edges are hemming and whipping. The
-workmanship is fairly coarse, the lengths of the individual stitches
-approximately a quarter-inch long. Standards were much below those
-held by the weaver, but this difference is not surprising.
-
-Threads employed for the patching suggest that the seamstress used
-odds and ends of weaving yarns. Two or more kinds ordinarily appear on
-a single patch, one of them usually a coarse white cotton thread of
-fairly loose twist. Some threads are used single in the needle, some
-double. Colors are browns, blues, orange, yellow, the last happening
-to be short lengths of wool. There is no evidence that the seamstress
-attempted to match the yarn to either the ground or the patch
-materials. Where we start a new length of thread with a knot made at
-the end, these Chincha threads begin with a half-hitch around the
-first stitch taken through the cloth (16-1238) or with a stitch
-through the cloth and a knot tied with the short and long sections of
-the thread (16-1261).
-
-Plate 3,d shows one of the typical patched cloths. Four fabrics are
-represented: the base material, medium fine; and the three patching
-fabrics, the lower patch very fine and the upper right and left
-patches coarse. The most complicated arrangement of patches is found
-on a specimen (16-1240) composed of two breadths seamed together. The
-overall measurements of the torn rectangular fragment are 17 inches
-warpwise by 30 inches weftwise. Within this area are nine different
-pieces of cloth, seven of them covering worn spots or poorly woven
-areas.
-
-FOOTNOTE:
-
-[7] Ibid., pl. 53, a-c, p. 210.
-
-
-
-
-PATTERN
-
-
-The only colored decoration on the Chincha domestic cloths is in the
-form of stripes. This section presents an analysis of the types found
-on thirty-odd specimens.
-
-Stripes in this sample group either border the edge of the cloth or
-make an allover pattern. With the exception of four cloths, the
-stripes are warpwise of the materials; these four have stripes both
-warpwise and weftwise, and thus may be classified as plaids. Edge
-stripes occur in combination with an allover strip pattern in specimen
-16-1287 and in combination with plaid in specimen 4-3973d (pl. 6,f).
-There are no cloths crossbanded only with colored wefts.
-
-Apparently there was no preference as to the texture most appropriate
-for patterning by stripes; both fine and coarse cloths are thus
-decorated. For example, specimen 16-1225 is very fine (thread count,
-102 warps by 42 wefts per in.) and specimen 16-1234 is medium coarse
-(count, 36 warps by 28 wefts per in.). Both cloths are allover
-striped. Edge stripes occur on a relatively fine cloth, specimen
-16-1255a (count, 62 warps by 40 wefts per in.), and also on a coarse
-cloth (count, 28 warps by 24 wefts per in.).
-
-Five cloths in the Chincha lot are allover striped. One (16-1252) has
-solid blue and brown stripes at irregular intervals. The arrangement
-contrasts with the regularity of the other allover-striped materials
-and of the symmetrical plaids. Other allover stripes (fig. 8,a; pl.
-7,c) have units a quarter-inch wide, brown on a neutral ground.
-There is both color and texture interest in these specimens. The brown
-warp units are in pairs, the neutral-color warp units between each two
-brown units are alternately all single warps and all pairs of warps.
-As a result, every other neutral-color stripe is appreciably thinner
-than its neighbor stripes (pl. 7,c). The third allover striped
-specimen (16-1224) is alternately blue and neutral color, each stripe
-unit approximately one-sixteenth inch wide (fig. 8,c). Specimen
-16-1225 has striping in the same colors and to it is seamed a piece
-with blue on a reddish-orange ground. The blues appear to have been
-the same, but the cloth, otherwise in good condition, is so badly
-faded that the photograph does not reveal the stripes in the
-blue-orange section (pl. 5,d). The fourth allover-stripe pattern is
-common to two specimens, one of them shown in figure 8,b. The colors
-blue and tan stand out from a neutral ground. The sequence is
-blue-blue-tan, blue-blue-tan, and repeat. The stripes measure
-one-sixteenth inch in width and are about the same distance apart.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 7. Schematic representations of stripings with
- color changes indicated by symbols. Units consisting of pairs of warps
- represented by pairs of triangles. Chevron marks center of bilateral
- groupings of colors.]
-
-The four fragments symmetrically plaided with an identical arrangement
-of warp and weft stripes (16-1279; 16-1303) probably came from the
-same cloth despite the different numbers.
-
-Edge stripes, the most numerous group, vary in width from
-three-sixteenths inch to one and three-eighths inch. They are simple
-in construction, eight of the thirteen being symmetrical both in
-arrangement and count of colored warps. The semblance of balance is
-marked, also, in those stripes which are not symmetrical.
-
-The edge stripes with two exceptions (16-1260, a kerchief, and full
-breadth 16-1287) border only one of the selvages on the complete
-widths analyzed for this section. The opposite selvages have hanging
-threads, remnants of the stitchery which originally seamed two
-breadths together. The stripes decorated the outside edges of this
-seamed rectangle.
-
-No specimen in the Chincha plain-weave group has stripes showing more
-than three colors, exclusive of the color of the ground material. The
-ground color is usually neutral and may originally have been white or
-brown cotton. The most frequently occurring color in the stripes is
-brown, followed by blue. Red and rose occur only twice.
-
-In five specimens we found the warps used in pairs. In specimens
-16-1224 (fig. 7,a) and 16-1280 (fig. 7,k) the colored warps are
-paired, the ground is set up with single warps; in 16-1240 (fig.
-7,j), the stripe warps and certain sections of the ground warps are
-paired, the greater portion is set up with single warps. In several
-specimens the otherwise uniform setup of single colored warps is
-broken by a warp unit comprising a pair (fig. 7,f), and in two
-specimens (cf. fig. 7,d) the series of single warps is broken by two
-pairs of warps in one of the stripes. These units may have been
-deliberately planned by the weaver, since they are maintained for the
-entire length of the preserved stripe.
-
-All of the Chincha striped cloths examined for this study were woven
-either in the over-one-under-one interlacing or its variation, twin
-warps crossed by single weft, a technique sometimes designated as the
-semibasket weave. What textural differences there are between the
-colored stripes and the ground material are the results of combining
-the single-warp plain weave with its twin-warp variation. The
-following tabulation shows the occurrences of these two techniques
-among the thirteen striped pieces in figure 7:
-
- No. of
- Weave of ground material Weave in stripes specimens
-
- Single warps, single wefts same as ground 1
-
- Single warps, single wefts single and twin
- warps, single wefts 2
-
- Twin warps, single wefts single warps,
- single wefts 7
-
- Twin warps, single wefts same as ground 1
-
- Twin warps, single wefts single and twin
- warps, single wefts 2
-
-
-
-
-COLOR
-
-
-Fifty-odd yarns, samplings from the striped and plain cloths of the
-Chincha lots, were matched against the printed samples in Maerz and
-Paul's _Dictionary of Color_.[8] We found yarns corresponding to
-thirty-two samples representing five of the eight color groups. We
-found no dyed yarns in these cloths for colors in the yellow-to-green,
-the blue-to-red, and the purple-to-red groups. Only four yarns out of
-three hundred and fifty matched in a previous study,[9] corresponded
-to colors in the purple-to-red group and these four matched very dark
-samples on plate 56. The available evidence indicates either that the
-ancients had not developed dyestuffs to produce such hues as our
-fuchsias, magentas, and heliotropes or that they did not favor these
-colors.
-
-Over a dozen yarns matched samples on plates 14 and 15 of the
-orange-to-yellow groups; as many more matched the browns on plate 37.
-Some of the yarns in this series are darker than any of the printed
-samples on plate 39. The third largest series, approximately twenty,
-match eight samples in the blue-green-to-blue group. The fewest number
-represent the green-to-blue-green group. Yarns in four cloths are
-similar to poplar and bottle greens.
-
-Stripes are in one, two, or three colors (fig. 8). Most of the
-one-color stripes (approximately 10) are blue (37F3, 37I5), one is an
-orange-red (5K10), and one clay color (14F8). For the two-color
-stripes we were able to distinguish blue (37F3), golden browns
-(approximating 15A12), and orange reds (approximating 5K10). In only
-one of the six two-color examples, however, were the two colors
-sufficiently clear to match the printed samples. Specimen 16-1251
-combines brown (15A12) and blue (38C3) stripes.
-
-The three-color stripes in the 16-lot were similarly difficult to
-match with the samples in the Dictionary. Yarns from the four
-specimens matched samples as follows:
-
- 16-1268: yellow (10C7) and two browns (14L10, 15A12)
-
- 16-1277: two yellows (11K8 and one other darker than any in the
- group) and blue (36F6)
-
- 16-1283: yellow (9J5), blue (35D4), and one other color too
- dull to match any printed sample in the blue group
-
- 16-1287: yellows and browns (7C12, 11K6, and 14F6)
-
-One three-color specimen in the 4- lot (pl. 6,f) has a number of
-well-preserved portions. The weaving proper is natural-color white
-cotton with plaiding in dark brown (15C12) and gray similar to adobe
-(14D7). The wide edge stripe has the same dark brown, a lighter, more
-golden brown (14D12), and central pinkish stripes which approximate
-printed samples 3C10 or 3C11.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 8. Diagrams of stripings in Chincha plain-weave
- cloths: a, two-color stripe, blue and natural color cotton; b,
- two-color stripe, blue and brown on natural-color ground; c, allover
- stripe of blue on natural-color ground.]
-
-FOOTNOTES:
-
-[8] A. Maerz and M. R. Paul, A Dictionary of Color, 1930.
-
-[9] L. M. O'Neale, Textiles of the Early Nazca Period, p. 144.
-
-
-
-
-SUMMARY
-
-
-Analyses of over a hundred plain-weave cloths in the Max Uhle
-collection from Late-period sites at Chincha form the material of this
-report.
-
-The utilitarian character of most of the cloths is conspicuous. A few
-plain-weave fabrics undoubtedly belong to garments of the better type,
-although these specimens, too, are without decoration except for
-stripings.
-
-Measurements and textures suggest that some weavings may have been
-mantles or other large wrappings. All the intact ends have the
-customary Peruvian selvages with heavy loomstring wefts. Intact single
-breadths range in widths between 4 inches and 41 inches. The wider
-breadths suggest that the loom upon which these specimens were woven
-was not the type ordinarily attached to the weaver's waist.
-
-Smooth textures and the uniformly good edges indicate that the weaving
-yarns were of the high quality we have learned to expect in the
-ancient cloths. Thread counts show a wide range, as shown in figure 5.
-
-Technical features in these plain cloths are the standard ones in most
-respects. Warp locking of the end-to-end variety and a unique finish
-on a side selvage are the most noteworthy deviations from the norm.
-Perhaps the least expected feature is the patching of weak or worn
-spots in the cloths. In their present condition, the several repaired
-examples reveal hard wear subsequent even to the patching.
-
-Ornamentation in the Chincha plain-weave cloths analyzed for this
-study consists solely of stripes and plaids; an occasional edge finish
-is as much a strengthening device as a decorative detail. A few cloths
-are allover striped; a greater number are bordered on one edge with a
-series of colors, mainly yellow, browns, and blues.
-
-The group as a whole represents the many fabrics which must have been
-woven solely for ordinary wear or use, being used later as grave
-wrappings.
-
-
-
-
-PLATES
-
-
-EXPLANATION OF PLATES
-
-(Numbers preceded by 4- and 16- are University of California Museum of
-Anthropology specimen-catalogue numbers.)
-
-
-Plate 1
-
-Chincha doll (4-4116) dressed in scrap of plain-weave material. Height
-overall, 7 inches. Head, a knob wrapped with fiber; black human hair
-folded over top and drawn in at neck with fiber string. Body composed
-of 2 tortoras separated to form legs; all elements wrapped with fiber
-and with one extra "toe" applied to each foot. Arms of wrapped tortora
-with fingers (3) applied at ends.
-
-Garment of plain cotton material torn crosswise; fold at one side;
-lapped seam held with coarse stitches at opposite side; seam across
-shoulders; no openings for arms. Tatters at bottom edge turned to
-outside and secured with running stitches. Length 51/4 inches; breadth
-71/4 inches.
-
-
-Plate 2
-
-Loomstring ends of Chincha fabrics, a, b, detail of ends of two
-webs (16-1304b, 16-1270) to show heading strip (1) and weaving proper
-(2) comparable in texture; (3) section between them, the join, more
-loosely woven. Width of sections shown, 3.5 inches.
-
-
-Plate 3
-
-a, b, c, examples of medium-coarse Chincha fabrics (16-1282,
-16-1217, 16-1252), fair to good qualities of weaving; d, worn
-material reinforced by patches held down by running stitches
-(16-1222). Dark section of b, 1.25 inches wide; a and c in
-proportion; upper patch of d, 9 inches by 6 inches.
-
-
-Plate 4
-
-Textures of fine fabrics. a, comparable to modern cheesecloth
-(4-4058b); b, canvaslike (16-1255a); c, open plain weave showing
-high twist of single-ply yarns (4-3883b).
-
-
-Plate 5
-
-a, reconstruction of end-to-end warp locking, shown in d, by
-methods which make possible the change from monochrome to stripes;
-b, close-texture, semibasket weave with three heavy loomstring wefts
-at end selvage, whipped seam (16-1292); c, end selvage reinforced
-with needleknitting (16-1217) (cf. pl. 8,f, g); d, fine cotton
-garment material with stripes below monochrome section (16-1225),
-right-hand striped section faded; e, section of textile (x2) with
-turn of fill-in straightening wefts indicated by black threads
-(4-4056) (cf. pl. 8,a). Width of b and c, 3 inches.
-
-
-Plate 6
-
-a-e, border stripes on Chincha cloths (16-1268, 16-1277, 16-1214,
-16-1251, 16-1255a), colors, brown and blue; f, section of plaid with
-border stripe (4-3973d). Selvages at left. Width of narrowest border
-stripe, one-fourth inch; others in proportion.
-
-
-Plate 7
-
-a, reconstruction of border stripes of fabric in plate 6,e; b,
-reconstruction of stripe found on several specimens; c, section of
-fabric (x2) showing variations in plain weave and amount of twist
-given to weaving elements (16-1240); d, section of fabric (x2)
-showing two-and-two basket weave varied in appearance by arrangement
-of colored yarns (4-3962).
-
-
-Plate 8
-
-Reconstructions, a, fill-in weft to straighten working edge (cf. pl.
-5,e); b, plain running stitch; c, double running stitch shown in
-two colors for clarity; d, seam in saddler's or baseball stitch,
-also called antique seam; e, seam in whipping stitch: f, g, top
-and side view of needleknitting type found on Chincha edge (pl.
-5,c), alternate stitches plain whipping stitches; h, i, two
-views of reinforced selvage showing strand of twining through tops of
-whipping stitches.
-
-
-Plate 9
-
-Weaving and sewing equipment: a-g, undressed thorns, 3.5 to 6 inches
-long (4-3653); h-o, bunch of fine wooden needles (n shows eye)
-4.5 inches long, black and pale color wood (4-3651); p, copper
-needle (4-4094); q, headed and pointed stick, possibly a warp-lifter
-(4-3865f); r-w, sticks, some of cane including pointed and headed
-tools (4-3865a-e, g, h): s, u, weaving swords; t, loom bar; x,
-weaving sword, 18 inches long.
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- [Illustration: Plate 2. Loomstring Ends]
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- [Illustration: Plate 4. Textures of Fine Fabrics]
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- [Illustration: Plate 6. Pattern: Stripes and Plaids]
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- [Illustration: Plate 7. Pattern: Stripes and Variations in Plain
- Weaves]
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- [Illustration: Plate 8. Reconstructions of Stitches]
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- [Illustration: Plate 9. Weaving and Sewing Equipment]
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