[Illustration: Fig. 32.--Illustration of a Scandinavian warp weighted loom in the Copenhagen Museum. The illustration is taken from Montelius' _Civilisation of Sweden in Heathen Times_, translated by the Rev. F. H. Woods, London, Macmillan & Co., 1888, p. 160. [In the illustration of this loom published by the Trustees of the British Museum, in their _Guide to the Antiquities of the Early Iron Age_, London, 1905, p. 139, the shape of the warp weights has been altered to suit the shape of such weights in the British Museum collections.]] [Illustration: Fig. 33.--Icelandic Loom after Olafsson. _a a_ Beam on which the warp is fixed. _b b_ Weights to make the warp taut. _c c_ Brackets which support the beam and on which it can be revolved by means of the spoke _e_ when the warp has to be lengthened, on account of the weft _f_ working downwards and so shortening the finished portion of the woven cloth. _g_ A sharp bone or tough piece of wood to beat the weft into proper position. _h_ The wound up weft which is pushed through the warp with the fingers. _i i_ The unbeamed warp. _k k_ The heddles or shed openers. _l l_ The supports on which the heddles rest when the "pick" is made [_i.e._, the pushing the weft through]. _m_ The beater-in. _n_ and _o_ Laze rods. _q_ The template for regulating the width of the cloth. _r r_ and _s s_ Beam on to which the loom is fixed. Some of the descriptions are not as clear as could be wished. It is probable that _g_ is a preliminary to _m_. N. Annandale mentions that he obtained in the Faroes a beater-in made of a whale's jaw or rib; while in Iceland he saw some of the perforated stones to which the warp threads were attached (_The Faroes and Iceland_, Oxford, 1905, pp. 195-6).]