Florida Memory • Cruz Josefina Gomez demonstrating weaving on a backstrap loom at the Traditions Festival

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Cruz Josefina Gomez demonstrating weaving on a backstrap loom at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.

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FA5894

Photographer

Larsen, Eric, Collector.

Date

1986

Date Note

Photographed on March 22 or 23, 1986.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives: Traditions Festival, Folder 1 of 2 ; Box 2, FF1

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

General Note

Backstrap looms are portable, allowing the weaver to work in different locations. The name comes from the strap that fits around the weaver's back, allowing the body to control the tension of the warp.

Cruz Josefina Gomez demonstrating weaving on a backstrap loom at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.

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Cruz Josefina Gomez demonstrating weaving on a backstrap loom at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.

Subject

Domestic arts

Woven goods

Textiles

Practices

Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Belief and custom

Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Craft

Handicraft

Decorative arts

Looms

Hand weaving

Weaving

Textile fabrics

Arts, Guatemalan

Men--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Women--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Women artisans--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Manners and customs

Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Weavers

Creator

Larsen, Eric, Collector.

Date

1986

Identifier

FA5894

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Date Note

Photographed on March 22 or 23, 1986.

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)

Metropolitan Dade County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives: Traditions Festival, Folder 1 of 2 ; Box 2, FF1

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1667B2F1.

General Note

Subject - Person

Gomez, Cruz Josefina, 1945-

Subject - Meeting

South Florida Folklife Festival (1986 : Miami, Fla)

Subject - Corporate

Historical Museum of Southern Florida (Miami, Fla.)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Larsen, Eric, Collector. Cruz Josefina Gomez demonstrating weaving on a backstrap loom at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida. 1986. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111673>, accessed 3 October 2023.

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Larsen, Eric, Collector. Cruz Josefina Gomez demonstrating weaving on a backstrap loom at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida. 1986. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111673>

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(State Archives of Florida/Larsen)

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Cruz Josefina Gomez demonstrating weaving on a backstrap loom at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.

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