A simple loom in very bad condition. The warp is lashed to a heading stick and this is attached at one end only to the wooden breast beam. The partially woven bast fibre cloth is striped in three shades of brown. The warp ends have become separated from the rest of the loom. [Textile]
loom; textile
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