With this Champa Station Loom of the Cham people we are going to reach Central Vietnam backstrap weaving. At the moment we are still busy setting up the space warper for that trip, tuning the beamed warp and the loom.
With this warping device for a loin loom, similar to those of the Chakma people in Bangladesh and the surrounding Seven Sister States of Northeast-India we are reaching Bangladesh - preparing backstrap weaving.
An experimental backstrap loom between the authentic models of tribal loin looms, following the stilt loom-types from the Northern hillsides to Southern islands.
A cute little girl weaving on a backstrap loom. I have no idea, where it is, guess in Arunachal Pradesh or somewhere around the Seven Sisters in Northeastern India. It's a part of the playlist 'Arunachal Looms' of Mac & Magic on youTube.
Basically ancient Austronesian & Austro-asiatic backstrap weaving loin looms are equipped with a circular warp. Later on following models took over flat warp-methods by the impact of other cultures. Most American loin looms seem to be equipped traditionally with a flat warp; circular method not known.
Basically ancient Austronesian & Austro-asiatic backstrap weaving loin looms are equipped with a circular warp. Later on by the impact of other cultures some regional models took over a flat warp-methods.