Attush-pera (weft beater)
late 19th - early 20th century
Ainu
Asian Art
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.
- Maker/Artist
- Ainu
- Classification
- Tool
- Formatted Medium
- Wood
- Medium
- wood
- Locations
- Place made: Northern region, Japan
- Dimensions
- 2 1/2 x 14 in. (6.4 x 35.5 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 12.457
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herman Stutzer
- Exhibitions
- Arts of Japan
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Asian Galleries, Arts of Japan, 2nd floor
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