Loom Design · 21. October 2022
The Sikka people on Flores island in Indonesia use backstrap weaving ground loom with a circular warp.
Loom Design · 21. October 2022
The Palembang people of Southern Sumatra in Indonesia use a backstrap weaving station loom with a flat warp.
Loom Design · 20. October 2022
The Igorot people in Luzon (North Philippines) use a backstrap loom with a circular warp.
Loom Design · 18. October 2022
Several examples of backstrap weaving Austronesian loin looms on Pacific islands.
Loom Design · 18. October 2022
A collection of Austronesian backstrap weaving loin looms on the island of Flores in Indonesia.
Loom Design · 08. October 2022
A Collection of mainly Austronesian & Austro-asiatic loin looms, mentioned also backstrap looms, waist looms or scientifically defined body-tensioned hand looms. There are several types of backstrap weaving looms, that all started with foot looms and developed up to a kind of half-framed looms.
Loom Design · 01. October 2022
In general you won't find any traditional loin looms left of the Minang People in Minangkabau (Padang) on Sumatra in Indonesia. Most of the Minang changed to a significant Malaysian-type frame loom for commercial production. But it seems some few may have survuved.
Loom Design · 01. October 2022
Some ethnic groups on Sumatra keep going on using a traditional loin loom, while others changed to frame looms by the influence of Indian cotton weaving techniques coming in by Malaysia.
Loom Design · 01. October 2022
The Batak people on Northern Sumatra in Indonesia are one of the tribes going on using a traditional loin loom for backstrap weaving.
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