Strip weaving is a process using small portable narrow hand looms to produce long strips of cloth, usually of natural fibers, that are sewn together to create larger textiles such as blankets and ritual cloths. As the loom is portable, the weaver can carry the work in progress to the person commissioning the weaving to be sure they are part of and still on board with the process. Heddle-pulleys are used in this kind of loom to ease the movement of heddles and separate the vertical warp threads to allow the shuttle to easily pass through the layers of thread. Placed at the loom’s top, a pair of carved heddle pulleys are carved propitious animals, birds, or other auspicious images that are symbols that attract good luck, ward off evil spirits, and assure the quality of the weaver’s work and comfort the client. African Kuba cloth is made using unique heddle looms as are Burmese textiles. Often, as in Africa and Asia the entire family is involved in hand producing cloth from spinning yarn, coloring, and weaving on the loom.
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Burmese carvings are known for fine craftsmanship, masterful decoration, and functional items including carved heddle pulleys used in strip-weaving. Used in pairs at the top of the loom, heddle pulleys are functional and aesthetic and usually decorated with auspicious images symbolizing figures or animals protecting the weaver, assuring good quality weaving, and pleasing the gods…
Heddle pulleys were used in strip-weaving, a small-loom process producing long cloth strips sewn together creating a larger textile such as blankets and ritual cloths. A source of pride for the carver, heddles were decorated with carved figures or animals symbolizing auspicious beings scholars believe protect the weavers and assure their weavings were of good…
Burmese carvings are known for fine craftsmanship, masterful decoration, and functional items including carved heddle pulleys used in strip-weaving. In pairs at the top of the loom, heddles are functional and aesthetic and usually were decorated with auspicious images symbolizing figures or animals protecting the weaver and assured good quality weaving that pleased the gods…
This elegant heddle pulley with a hamsa is carved from a single piece of Burmese teak and portrayed with deeply cut wings to express well-articulated feathers. Having an unusually long tail, it runs from his rear and curves to the top of its head. Its feet are atop two connected heart-shaped panels that hide the moving thimble between them providing a more artistic feel. This piece is in very good condition, is wonderfully weathered, and has with minor losses with a fine patina covers its originally painted surface. Mounted on a black wood base, this heddle pulley pairs well with item number 11298A.
Carved Burmese/Myanmar teak heddle pulleys were primarily used in strip-weaving, a process using small handlooms to weave long, narrow strips of cloth sewn together to create larger textiles such as blankets and ritual cloths. They are used in pairs and are tied together by a string that runs through a mechanism at the top of…
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