Rectangular, tabby-woven textile made from grass and decorated with multicoloured checks. The ends of the warp create integral fringing at both shorter sides. The decoration consists of sets of red stripes, separated and framed by natural coloured stripes. These sets alternate with darker brown stripes, and are overall framed by a thin green and brown stripe. The bands alternate between red and dark brown, and are framed overall by a natural coloured and a green band.
textile (function unknown); textile
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