Handheld Weaving Loom, Mali

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A working loom for narrow-strip weaving, the West African tradition where long slender bands of cloth are woven first and then sewn edge to edge into a larger textile. That process is the appeal: this is not decorative equipment, it is the beginning of pattern, the point where thread becomes cloth. The stretched warp and simple timber rollers make the whole thing readable at a glance, and it carries the marks of real use. Good because it still looks exactly like what it is. Show more