Loom holder

Heddle pulleys are a component of the narrow strip loom common in West Africa. They are used to ease the movement of the heddle, which separates alternative warp threads and the shuttle carrying the weft threads to pass through. Heddle pulleys are the personal property of the weaver and are not often passed on to the next generation. The motifs can be chosen relatively freely depending upon the ritual context. The choice of motifs is correspondingly broad. By suspending it, the weaver always has the pulley in front of him in his field of vision. For this reason alone, the need for an artistic design for the heddle pulley is obvious. Author: Michael Schönhuth