Artisans with visual impairment practice the skill of hand weaving. Amid the rack and clatter of hand looms turning spooled fibers into yards of colorful cloth, spirted voices rise over the din at the ...

Hand looms have been exhumed from the Peruvian graves. The fabrics are cotton or llama wool. Figure 263 is a Chilian loom, having two heddles supported by cords running over rollers. There is no ...

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