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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Elegant antique heddle-pulley carved from a single piece of Burmese teak topped by a hamsa, a goose-like bird and sacred Buddhist symbol of wisdom. Auspicious symbolic animal images are believed protect the weaver, assure quality weaving, and pleases the gods and spirits. Finely weathered from time and use.
Burmese teak heddle pulley surmounted by a graceful peacock that symbolizes wholeness, combining colors and fleeting nature of all things. Based on old animistic beliefs, heddles are decorated with auspicious animals providing the weaver protection, assuring good quality weaving and pleasing the gods.
This elegant heddle pulley carved from a single piece of Burmese teak is topped by a peacock, which in Buddhism represents the short-lived nature of all things. In Burmese animistic traditions, it auspicious animal images protect the weaver, assure quality weaving, and please the gods and spirits. Finely weathered from time and use.
This elegant antique heddle-pulley carved from a single piece of Burmese teak is topped by a hamsa, a goose-like bird and a sacred Buddhist symbol of wisdom. Auspicious symbolic animal images are believed protect the weaver, assure quality weaving, and pleases the gods and spirits. It is wonderfully weathered from time and use with minor losses with a fine patina. Mounted on a black wood base, this heddle pulley pairs well with item number 11298A.
Vintage Burmese teak heddle-pulley used in strip-weaving on small handlooms. Here surmounted by a ferocious mythical lion as guardian of Buddhist law. Mythical beasts believed to protect the weaver and assure high quality weaving.
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