Backstrap loom
a simple horizontal loom, used especially in Central and South America, on which one of two beams holding the warp yarn is attached to a strap that passes across the weaver’s back.
Historical Examples
Narrow widths can be woven most rapidly on the backstrap loom.
Chincha Plain-weave cloths Lila M. O’Neale
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