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Narrow strip weaving
Narrow strip weaving is a traditional weaving technique in West Africa, creating fabric strips no narrower than 25mm and no wider than 381mm. The cloth is woven on a horizontal frame treadle loom, this holds the warp in tension as it is stretched between two parallel beams, and the weft is then passed through the opening. Traditionally women work on an upright rectangular frame loom with the single-heddle shedding device, while men use a double-heddle and dragstone loom. The cloths that men make have a much higher prestige value than those made by women, which are only used for domestic and immediate use.