Handmade Wooden Flat Loom with Partial Weaving lions feet I just love the shape

I just love the shape and the presence of this piece

this very fine Northwest Coast Salish tightly coiled lidded basket dates I believe from the late 19th or early 20th century

flower and leaves

which I assume served as writing guides

4 5/8" tall

Handmade Wooden Flat Loom with Partial Weaving lions feet I just love the shapeI'd like to think this wonderful old handmade loom was use to weave many a thing prior to being abandoned with this partially finished project still on it, clearly done a very long time ago. The loom itself was made expressly to perform its function: two of the pieces of wood were notched to allow the other two to lock squarely on top of them, then nails where added where they cross. Then 17 evenly spaced (more or less) nails were hammered in along