The Loom and Its Prototypes (Pamphlet)
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Description
Author: Amsden, Charles (1899-1941)
Publisher: American Anthropologist (offprint)
Pub Date: 1932
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair. Stapled text separated from cover. Cover intact. No tears. Front cover has one long (approx. 8″) crease from top edge to side, and a second, smaller (approx. 2″) starting at side edge and ending in cover body. Slight sun-fading to spine and front and rear cover edges at spine. Some light scuffing, smudging to front cover. Inscribed by the author on title page.
Notes: Pamphlet. Offprint, reprinted from American Anthropologist, Vol. 34, No. 2, April-June, 1932. Inscribed (in fountain pen) by Amsden to Philip Ainsworth Means, a noted Andeanist (see photos). Weaving–basket making, same same, up to a point. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Peru, Aztecs, Middle American (and thence to the southwest).
