book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969) | |
caption: | Chapter One. The Material Background |
caption: | weaving on Indonesian loom |
medium: | books |
ethnicgroup: | Konyak |
text: | Both bark fibre and cotton yarn were woven on a tension loom of a type known to ethnographers as "Indonesian." This loom was portable and could be set up in any convenient flat space, one end being hung up on a post or fence, the other fastened to the waist of the weaver by means of a broad hide belt. |
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