. Studies in primitive looms. ABEOKUTA . BANKFIELD MUS.() » BEAM. ff> ^> In ^ 2 0 m yi ..•••y*- ~v YJt? •••y3 >• VY3- ..••n ?<fiL y^n yi Ki in order to ascertain at which warp the pattern weft is to be inserted or withdrawnthe weaver must apparently run his finger from that warp on the pattern rod downto the web, and where that warp passes into the web he will insert or withdrawhis spool as the case may be. Oneloom, Fig. 102, from Opobo (LiverpoolMuseum) is provided with four patternheddles as well as a pattern rod. According to Van Genep1 thedesigns are taken f
. Studies in primitive looms. ABEOKUTA . BANKFIELD MUS.() » BEAM. ff> ^> In ^ 2 0 m yi ..•••y*- ~v YJt? •••y3 >• VY3- ..••n ?<fiL y^n yi Ki in order to ascertain at which warp the pattern weft is to be inserted or withdrawnthe weaver must apparently run his finger from that warp on the pattern rod downto the web, and where that warp passes into the web he will insert or withdrawhis spool as the case may be. Oneloom, Fig. 102, from Opobo (LiverpoolMuseum) is provided with four patternheddles as well as a pattern rod. According to Van Genep1 thedesigns are taken from domesticobjects, and he mentions particularlythat one is taken from the pulley-block of a treadle loom. On the otherhand Pommerol,2 who no doubt hadbetter access to the womenfolk thanhe could have had, speaking of anexcellent old woman, says : El Hajteaches novices the art of castingthe threads of the weft [sic, should bewarp.—H. L. E.] from one peg
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