. Studies in primitive looms. H. Ling Koth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. 29 At a distance of about 45 inches, or 114 m., away from the breast beam, the warpsare again bunched, but this time into fifty-seven bunches, a number whichnaturally does not agree with the bunching at the breast beam. These bunchesare attached to the warp beam by intermediary cords, with slip knots, Fig. 58,which are wound twice round the warp beam and then, accumulating as theyproceed from left to right, run along it towards the top right-hand corner, wherethey are tied into one big -Z^^rj-.^v
. Studies in primitive looms. H. Ling Koth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. 29 At a distance of about 45 inches, or 114 m., away from the breast beam, the warpsare again bunched, but this time into fifty-seven bunches, a number whichnaturally does not agree with the bunching at the breast beam. These bunchesare attached to the warp beam by intermediary cords, with slip knots, Fig. 58,which are wound twice round the warp beam and then, accumulating as theyproceed from left to right, run along it towards the top right-hand corner, wherethey are tied into one big -Z^^rj-.^v Fig-. 49 1SHOGO NAN ASHANtfO-UANfc. LONDON-86?. The heddle, according to Du Chaillus drawing, Fig. 49, looks as though it werein reality two heddles, and Ephraim has taken it to be But there is only oneheddle, Fig. 51a, the explanation being that the heddle rod consists of two indepen-dent parts which, for the sake of convenience in weaving, the worker holds apartwith his fingers and thumb and so misleads one at a cursory glance. Both parts, 1 Op. eit., p. 18. c 2 30 H. Ling Both.—Studies in Primitive Looms. by the way, are made up of two pieces of split cane, Fig. 51b, but that does notaffect the question. A varying quantity of filaments is made up like a skein,knotted at certain intervals and placed zig-zag between the higher pair of splitcanes and the lower pair, Tig. 51a, and fastened in position so that the knots appearjust above where the split canes are tied together, Fig. 51b. In this heddle there
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