160 INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. 
Navajo Woman Beating Down the Woof with a Batten Stick. 
ruins. It consists of a small stick at the base of which 
is a wooden disk to give momentum and facilitate the 
winding of the yarn. ; 
The loom is a simple frame in which the warp is 
placed vertically. The weaving is done beginning 
at the bottom, the blanket being lowered as the work 
progresses. No shuttle is used, the yarn being inserted 
with the fingers or by the aid of a small stick. The 
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