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Making cloth beam
Photo from Dimen Village of a woman making a cloth beam for a backstrap loom by striping away the bark from a stick with a sickle.
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Weaver's sword
Photo from Dimen Village of a weaver's sword that Wu Mnci carved out of a bamboo. The blade of the sword is a light green in color while the handle ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Weaver's sword
Photo from Dimen Village of the inverse side of a weaver's sword that Wu Mnci carved out of a bamboo.
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Bench with implements to make backstrap loom
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci preparing a bench and other implements to warping the backstrap loom outside of her youngest son's home. Metal tweezers used to tend fire ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Tweezers with shed rod
Photo from Dimen Village of long metal tweezers used for the warping of the backstrap loom resting on a red narrow bench. There is a hollow metal tube that will ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Tweezers with shed rod
Photo from Dimen Village of long metal tweezers used for the warping of the backstrap loom resting on a red narrow bench. There is a hollow metal tube that will ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Putting threads together
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci gathering different colored thread strands and bundling them together in one hand as she is about to start warping a backstrap loom on ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Putting threads together
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci gathering different colored thread strands and bundling them together in one hand as she is about to start warping a backstrap loom on ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Putting threads together
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci gathering different colored thread strands and bundling them together in one hand as she is about to start warping a backstrap loom on ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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First revolution
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci is starting to warp a backstrap loom. Starting on her left, she guides the 3-ply black yarn over a weaver's sword and an ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Second revolution
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci is starting to warp a second revolution of a backstrap loom. For the second revolution, she guides the black yarn under a weaver's ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Second revolution
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci starting to warp a backstrap loom. She is on her second revolution around the bench and has just wrapped the yarn around the ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Loops of thread on the far side of bench
Photo from Dimen Village of the warping of a backstrap loom. Loops of black thread are wrapped tightly against the further edge of a narrow bench.
...Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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First two revolutions
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci warping a backstrap loom. She is about to start her third revolution around the bench. The first two revolutions are clearly visible and ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Wrapping yarn around shed rod
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci warping a backstrap loom. She is adjusting the warp on the metal cylinder that will serve as a shed rod. There are three ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Adding white warp
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci preparing to add white yarn to the backstrap loom she is warping. She has completed four revolutions around the bench with the black ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Untangling yellow warp
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci unraveling yellow thread as she is adding it to the backstrap loom she is warping. Black, white and pink warp are already wound ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Untangling yellow warp
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci unraveling yellow thread as she is adding it to the backstrap loom she is warping. Black, white and pink warp are already wound ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Warp for a backstrap loom
Photo from Dimen Village of black, white, pink and yellow warp wrapped around a metal shed rod and a weaver's sword, and pulled across a narrow wooden bench to form ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Adding yellow warp
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci warping yellow thread on a backstrap loom. Black, white, pink and yellow warp are already wound across the bench, around the metal cylinder ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Adding yellow warp
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci warping yellow thread on a backstrap loom. Black, white, pink and yellow warp are already wound across the bench, around the metal cylinder ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Adding white warp
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci warping white thread on a backstrap loom. Black, white, pink, yellow and green warp are already wound across the bench, around the metal ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Adjusting warp on shed rod
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci adjusting warp on a shed rod of a backstrap loom she is warping. All odd revolutions go over the weaver's sword and under ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Detail of warping process
Photo from Dimen Village of detail of warp during the warping process of a backstrap loom. All odd revolutions go over the weaver's sword and under and around the metal ...
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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Handwoven drawstrings
Photo from Dimen Village of Wu Mnci pulling out colorful handwoven drawstrings from a plastic bag.
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
2010-07-19
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