Attush-pera (weft beater)

For centuries Ainu weavers made a distinctive cloth, called attush, using fibers from the inner bark of certain local trees. Women wove the fibers into a fabric that resembles a stiff linen, which was used for most Ainu clothing until the twentieth century. This spade-shaped tool was used in weaving, to push the cross-threads together to create a tighter weave.