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alternately ancient Anttila Aztec back-strap loom baskets beater beautiful Big Sur borders bottom warp charming city of Oaxaca Conquest contemporary weaver cord culture decorative diamond and meander doup stick ends per inch entire warp fabric factories fly-shuttle fresh expression fringe garment handcrafts handspun handweaver heddle stick ikat interlacement jacket knot leno twists loom shown loops maguey fiber meander motifs method Mexican Mexico Mitla Mixtec Monte Alban mountain native Oaxaca belts Oaxaca region pairs pattern warp photographed loom pick-up shed pick-up stick places plain weave pre-Columbian primitive loom primitive weaving purple quesquimitl reboso reed selvages shaft shed-stick shot Shuttle Craft side sley soft spaced weft spreader stripes sword tabby take-up tapestry technique tension textiles texture tical top warp treadle loom twill Valley of Oaxaca warp and cloth warp and weft warp ends warp face warp thread warp width warp-face woolen woven yarn Zapotec