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Fig.6b. Change of shed in loin loom.
(i) 1. Lease rod, 2. Bamboo shod stick, 3. Heddle rod, 4. Yarn to make the heddle, 5. Weft
(ii) 1. Lease rod, 2. Bamboo shod stick, 3. New position of the heddle rod, 4. Weft. 6a,b from Aditi Shirali’s, Textile and Bamboo crafts of the Northeastern Region, Ahmedabad, 1983, pp.86-87 garment in which each side of the *sāri* presents a completely different colour field (*Fig.10*). However, the multiple cloths which evolved in the Near East have been absent in the Indian tradition.