Simple looms with the warp threads stretched between parallel sticks, one of them attached to a post or tree, the other to the weaver's body by a strap around the waist by which the weaver controls tension in the warp.
AAT
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back-strap looms
belt looms
body-tension looms
body-tensioned looms
loom, backstrap
loom, belt
looms, back-strap
looms, backstrap
looms, belt
looms, body-tension
looms, body-tensioned
13yrs ago
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