Dammur ? TRC 2016.0033

Find spot (context): Congo. Label: "Ndogo. On same loom as Golo"

Dating: 20th century

Present location: Textile Research Centre, Leiden. Crowfoot collection (nb 007). Inventory number 2016.0033.

Dimensions (in cm): 87x38

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Central stripe in warp-faced tabby.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
- undyed
- 8-12 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
- undyed
- 6 picks/cm

Other features: In the middle of the cloth the weave turns into warps-faced tabby on ca. 6cm creating a stripe. Presence of darker warps (more golden than cream) reinforces the stripe effect. The piece is complete in width. Selvedges with double warps and reinforced by warp-faced tabby weaving on 6-8 warps.

Documentation: Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak in May 2018.
Complete description at http://trc-leiden.nl/collection/?trc=&zoek=2016.0033&cat=&subcat=&g=&s=24&f=0&id=21049

Analysis: n.c.

Production: n.c.