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A man spins wool on a temporary wooden chakra with his hands to make a traditional wrapper in Arunachal Pradesh. Most generally they use a back-strap loom and weave cloth. The backstrap loom, portable and easily moved, is tied to a post or tree at one end and has a strap at the other end that is placed around the waist as one sits on the ground or small stool and weaves. The 5 sticks or wood pieces that make up the loom are made out of durable wood such as cedar so they will last many years. Weaving on a back strap loom is tedious work and individual pieces, depending upon complexity, may take several weeks or months with the weaver working a few hours everyday among other household chores. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Film
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