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A Mayan woman weaves blankets, serapes and bands with wool rolled by hand on the horizontal loom. The larger mats were used as beds, but also acted as walls; small strips of bamboo were braided in making small baskets.  

Some of you say, “It is the north wind who has woven the clothes we wear.” And I say, “Yes, it was the north wind, But shame was his loom And the softening of the sinews served for thread. And when his deed was done He laughed in the middle …