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Javanese Woman Weaving Cloth on a Loom
Kassian Céphas, c. 1867 - c. 1910
Photographs of traditional crafts were popular with European visitors to Asia. The sultan of Yogyakarta’s court supported many traditional cotton and silk weavers. This young woman uses a backstrap loom, keeping tension on the warp threads by leaning her back against a wooden beam.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-2001-17-76
- Dimensionsheight 158 mm x width 218 mm
- Physical characteristicsalbuminedruk