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HANDICRAFTS 223
The only striking peculiarity of the loom is its
extreme simplicity. The upper ends of the web
are looped over a stout bar which is fixed to a pair
of uprights about a yard above the floor. The
lower ends of the web are looped over a stout rod,
to the ends of which a loop of cord is tied. The
woman sits on the ground (see PI. 121) with this
loop around her waist, and thus stretches the web
and maintains the necessary tension of it. The
manipulation of the shuttle and of the threads of
the web is accomplished without other mechanical
aids than the rods to which the one set of webthreads
is tied by short threads.