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Description: A table loom, shuttle, and weaving (belt) that is set up on the loom:(a) A four-harness wood table loom handmade by Harold Mortimer, strung, with shuttle and cotton thread attached which you move through the warp as the weft. There is a pencilled circle (radius 2.0cm, 3.60cm from each end and 0.50c…

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Description: A table loom, shuttle, and weaving (belt) that is set up on the loom:(a) A four-harness wood table loom handmade by Harold Mortimer, strung, with shuttle and cotton thread attached which you move through the warp as the weft. There is a pencilled circle (radius 2.0cm, 3.60cm from each end and 0.50cm from the bottom with the number) the number “3” and “HM” , Harold Mortimer’s monogram, pencilled in the centre. It has four wooden knobs on top of the upright posts that have the string harnesses attached. Underneath the top of the upright post there is a white address label (4.60x1.5cm wide) with red on the top and bottom. On it is printed “HAROLD MORTIMER 341 BIG HORN ST BOX 77 BANFF ALBERTA T0L 0C0 and to the right of that, written in pen “DEC 1977”It has metal reeds which the fibre goes through. The completed part of the belt is wound around the roller (covered in cardboard) so the fibre not damaged. There is a slender round piece of wood (pencil) for tautness. There is also a roller (warp beam) on the back where the threads (warp) are attached.(b) the wooden shuttle, 17.5x2.5cm wide, with a groove at each end creating a space for the fibre to be wound around horizontally.(c) the partially woven, blue, yellow, and brown strip of woven cloth that is set up on the loom.

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