Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Journal · Halifax [Eng.] F. King & sons, ltd · leaf 75
could be wished. In the course of ages a similar tripod loom may havetravelled across the Continent, meeting in the more western portion of West Africawith the loom which Dr. Harrison has suggested that the Portuguese possiblyintroduced in the sixteenth century2; the two gradually merged into each… … ■U.s, H. Ling Eoth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. 63 and keeping the tripod with a poorer reed, Fig. 109, in the more eastern portion,but in both cases adopting the harness for the heddles and treadles. This wouldaccount for the noticeable degenerate appearance of the looms. This view alsocoincides…
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