Weaving bands with njiskun/ rigid heddle

Weaving bands with njiskun/ rigid heddle

Weaving bands for traditional clothes or other purposes on a rigid heddle. The heddle is traditionally made from wood or antler, but modern ones are also made with modern materials like plastic.

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Kjersti Robertsen

Norweigan and northern Sámi

Intangible

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Båndveving med njuskun/grindvev

Norway

How to make the warp, how to put the threads through the rigid heddle loom for the wanted pattern. How to do regular weaving, and how to "pick" different patterns.

Between people, courses/classes, duodji societies/clubs

Mainly women, though some men do it too.

Traditional bands are made for use on the gákti / Sámi traditional dress, as well as for other purposes.

The technique is very old. The production of the heddles/looms/njiskun themselves has been modernised and mass-produced.

Local Sámi Duodjilag (Sámi handicrafts clubs), Duodjeinstituhtta, Sámij åhpadusguovdásj/Samernas utbildningscentrum in Jokkmokk (Sweden)

In this area: Várdobáiki samiske senter, Stuornjargga samiid duodji

Deterioration of material

If the practitioner cannot get a hold of material, they cannot do the cultural practice

Industrial production,Surge of new technologies,Use of modern materials

Use of industrial production, new technologies and modern (for example, synthetic materials) can make the products cheaper and more popular, and might contribute to threatening the cultural practice if there are fewer and fewer buyers of the products/users of the products made by the cultural practice

Touristification,Misappropriation

Touristification and the misappropriation of woven objects can lead to reduced use of the cultural practice if users/buyers of the products no longer want to use traditionally made products, instead opting for "fake" products.

Aged practitioners,Diminishing participation,Diminishing youth interest,Haltered transmission between generations,Reduced practice

If fewer and fewer people are interested in learning the practice and using the products, the practice might disappear. If the transmission between generations stops and the aged practitioners disappear, it will be much harder to keep the cultural practice alive.

Loss of ancestral language,Loss of cultural spaces,Loss of knowledge

Words and terms explaining how to weave, and also the parts of the loom/parts of the yarn, techniques, etc., disappear, and a lot of knowledge can disappear with them, as some of the Sámi terms might be more descriptive and explanatory than the Norwegian or English ones.

Markasámi village

Gákti/traditional Sámi clothes and children's crib (Komse), but also used for other cultures, including the bunad traditions in Norway.

Inclusivity - anyone can learn the cultural practice.

Use of natural materials, mainly wool and cotton.

Diversifying income sources - practitioners can make and sell products while still managing to work normally.

Decent work and economic growth

Ramavuolle, Reinåsen, Tjeldsund, Troms, Norway

fibre and textile crafts

Duodjeinstituhtta has practitioners who hold workshops and courses in different areas where there are interested participants. Different Sámi duodjilag (handicrafts clubs) also do courses.

declining

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