Attush-pera (weft beater)

Ainu

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Object Label

For centuries Ainu weavers made a distinctive cloth, called attush, using fibers from the inner bark of certain local trees. Women wove the fibers into a fabric that resembles a stiff linen, which was used for most Ainu clothing until the twentieth century. This spade-shaped tool was used in weaving, to push the cross-threads together to create a tighter weave.

Caption

Ainu. Attush-pera (weft beater), late 19th – early 20th century. Wood, 2 1/2 x 14 in. (6.4 x 35.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Herman Stutzer, 12.457. Creative Commons-BY

Culture

Ainu

Title

Attush-pera (weft beater)

Date

late 19th – early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Northern region, Japan

Medium

Wood

Classification

Tool

Dimensions

2 1/2 x 14 in. (6.4 x 35.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Herman Stutzer

Accession Number

12.457

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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