Women Using Loom | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Women Using Loom

Women Using Loom | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Outdoor view of one woman using a loom and another woman preparing fibers for the loom to create siding for housing. This image was taken or purchased by Carrie Chapman Catt during her trip to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). In her journal from Ceylon she records: "The women braid the fibres together making a crude mat of them. The trunks of the trees are set up in the form of a house and these mats are hung up to make the walls."
DESCRIPTION
Outdoor view of one woman using a loom and another woman preparing fibers for the loom to create siding for housing. This image was taken or purchased by Carrie Chapman Catt during her trip to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). In her journal from Ceylon she records: "The women braid the fibres together making a crude mat of them. The trunks of the trees are set up in the form of a house and these mats are hung up to make the walls."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:110476
Creation Date:circa 1910
Creator Name:Unknown
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Collection Name:Carrie Chapman Catt diaries and photographs, 1911-1912
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:lantern slide
Original Format Number:PH 4089.1.008
Original Dimensions:4 x 3 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
These lantern slides were either purchased or taken by Carrie Chapman Catt or others in her travel party. Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragette who traveled to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), South Africa, the Sudan, Java, the Philippines, China, Japan, Korea, Palestine, and India between 1910 and 1912.
SUBJECTS
Fences
Handicraft
Buildings
Trees
Clothing and dress
Ethnic architecture
Ladders
East Indians
Women
Outdoor photography

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