Description
The looms, shuttles and other weaving equipment of Caroline Islanders, Below the drawing is a numbered key explaining the side and end views of the loom, its roller, knives, rods, shuttles, a particular pattern of weaving and details of the Caroline Islands knots compared with the European style.
Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1822-1824 visit to the Pacific. This watercolour version was prepared by Chazal and engraved as Plate 54 for L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. (Paris, 1826)
Other Titles - Means of weaving on Oualan Island (Archipelago of the Caroline Islands). [translation]
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Location
Island of Oualan, Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Country
Federated States of Micronesia
Tags
Category
People & Society
TWW Comment
See: https://www.getamap.net/maps/federated_states_of_micronesia/kosrae/_oualan_islandof/
