- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0021 a,b
- Description
- A small square, wooden, "Junior Weave-It" loom in a blue and beige cardboard box. Well made, square, wooden frame with dove tailed corners and a picket fence of nails which are grouped in threes sticking up from the top. Stamped in blue in one corner is the numeral 2 with a circle and arrow around …
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- Title
- Hand Loom
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 6.1 x 6.1 cm
- Description
- A small square, wooden, "Junior Weave-It" loom in a blue and beige cardboard box. Well made, square, wooden frame with dove tailed corners and a picket fence of nails which are grouped in threes sticking up from the top. Stamped in blue in one corner is the numeral 2 with a circle and arrow around it pointing to a specific nail. In the opposite corner is a 1 the same, with a pink W having one leg extended as an arrow pointing to a specific nail. In a third corner is a simple pink arrow indicating direction along the fence. Stamped underneath is the product name and patent number. (b) needle, long, metal, with flattened, grooved eye at end, and sharp point at other. Box, product package with name, uses, and manufacturer. In pencil on bottom, "50 cents", also includes a sewn together strip of woven red squares.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- craft
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0021 a,b
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