. Studies in primitive looms. £ OLD CALABAR. <? SHOWlNC- CHANGE0\«O WHENTWO WEFTS!»\tM£ |NTo ONE- 38 H. Ling Roth.—Studies in Primitive Zooms. WARPS FORFRONT BAG- BACK BJ\G- Flff £. BkHMvk. ;uR6-H museum, To prevent the outer warp getting awry, at intervals of l|-2 inches, or 4-5 cm.,the weft ends are knotted together over the outermost warp, Fig. 71; but this canonly be a temporary or working selvedge to be undone preparatory to interlacingthe finished woven front and back. On the back, evidently to keep the warp of the bag from getting entangled with those of thef
. Studies in primitive looms. £ OLD CALABAR. <? SHOWlNC- CHANGE0\«O WHENTWO WEFTS!»\tM£ |NTo ONE- 38 H. Ling Roth.—Studies in Primitive Zooms. WARPS FORFRONT BAG- BACK BJ\G- Flff £. BkHMvk. ;uR6-H museum, To prevent the outer warp getting awry, at intervals of l|-2 inches, or 4-5 cm.,the weft ends are knotted together over the outermost warp, Fig. 71; but this canonly be a temporary or working selvedge to be undone preparatory to interlacingthe finished woven front and back. On the back, evidently to keep the warp of the bag from getting entangled with those of thefront, seven laze threads of twisted fibre have beendrawn irregularly through it, the ends of theselaze threads being fastened to the stays. The heddle rod is a flat piece of wood havingthe leashes kept in position by means of longi-tudinal cords. Details of the warp attachmentsare given in Figs. 73 and 74. In connection with bag looms may be noticedone from Banana, Congo Eiver, in the EoyalScottish Museum, Edinburgh, which is prepared for weaving two bags (orfour mats ?) from one and the same breast beam, but with distinct warp set of warp is provided with a Du Chaillu heddle, laze
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