Tubular garment formed of one length of cloth, the middle half of which is double-faced with an intricate pattern of lozenges in pink and black, the reverse black. Along the selvedge of this section is on one side a row of short green glass tubular beads; along the opposite selvedge much longer starnds of green glass beads form a fringe. To each end of this section of the cloth is a section which has pink and black stripes in the weft. 990 x 430mm.
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