Backstrap Weaving – Encuentro de Tejedores de las Americas – Part Two – the cloth and the looms. » backstrap loom of Tacabamba

The simple backstrap loom of Tacabamba, Peru on which the indigo ikat-patterned “panones” are woven. They are up to one-meter wide, covered with tiny motifs and have patterns knotted into their fringes.

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Looms of Taquile Island and Echarate
ayacucho and tarabuco

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