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Studies in primitive looms (1918)

Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Journal · Halifax [Eng.] F. King & sons, ltd · leaf 87

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ovided with a piece of wroughtiron {not hoop iron), let in lengthwise and protruding about \ inch (or 12.7 mm.)beyond the wood. This blade, like the back itself, is wedge-shaped in section. Theheaviness of this tool may be necessary as a very coarse wool has to be beaten in.The edge of the iron,… … Fi&. 1^0- PILE MAKING- ARRANGEMENT ON A BHOTIYA (INDIAN) LOOM . BANKF1ELD MUSEUM Another Bhotiya loom, which I saw at work at the Coronation Exhibition inLondon in 1910, is now likewise in Bankfield Museum, and is fitted up for makingrugs or pile cloth. It is provided with a ball of weft…

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