- Figure 1.6. Weaving on a backstrap loom. (Top) a Colonial drawing of a 33-year-old woman weaving on her backstrap loom; her chumpi or backstrap bears a diamond pattern (Guaman Poma de Ayala 1980[1615], I:190–191). (Bottom) a woman at Cerro Azul sitting in front of her house, weaving a belt on her backstrap loom.
Colonial drawing and modern photo, both of a woman weaving with a backstrap loom
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