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Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"539. Weaving reed- "Djakka-tarrung" The device on the loom through which the single threads of the fabric run separated from each other. Two meter-long, thin slats, with cross pieces about five cm. long, which are connected to each other on the ends. The middle space of these long frames is filled out with fine, stiff plant fibres or fine split bamboo running from one lengthwise slat to the other. These thin sticks lie so close together that only one thread can run through the space between."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 138). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller