. Studies in primitive looms. ATTACHMENT HOLEIN LOWER _ A , — rlG,l<)q.,, of Indian (lAHORE^LooM, Bankfield Museum. Scissors But quite as crude is the rug loom illustrated by 0. Benndorf,1 reproduced inFig. 195. Here the lower beam is fastened down by a cross bar passed through ahole at the end of the beam. The beater-in is very crude, and is similar to one inthe Victoria and Albert Museum (Fig 195a) said to be Persian. The frame of the two looms just described consists of two upright posts andtwo cross pieces which join the uprights at top and bottom respectively. The frameof
. Studies in primitive looms. ATTACHMENT HOLEIN LOWER _ A , — rlG,l<)q.,, of Indian (lAHORE^LooM, Bankfield Museum. Scissors But quite as crude is the rug loom illustrated by 0. Benndorf,1 reproduced inFig. 195. Here the lower beam is fastened down by a cross bar passed through ahole at the end of the beam. The beater-in is very crude, and is similar to one inthe Victoria and Albert Museum (Fig 195a) said to be Persian. The frame of the two looms just described consists of two upright posts andtwo cross pieces which join the uprights at top and bottom respectively. The frameof the Oriental mat loom with its specially developed beater-in belongs to this the warp-weighted loom there is only one cross piece which joins the uprights atthe top. As incidentally mentioned when discussing Braunius loom, there is anindication of a transition between these two looms, which consists in bunching the 1 Reisen in Lykien u. Karien, 1884, p. 18. H. Ling Roth.—Studies in Primitive looms. 129 lower warp ends to a loose rod, on to which one weight only is attached, which keepsall the threads taut. But there
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