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Rectangular linen textile, hand embroidered in pink cotton thread over most of the surface. The embroidery pattern is made up of a thick meadering stem in the centre of the ground with a repeated flower motif. The flower motifs are identical and are arranged in diagonal lines. A horizonal solid line with further, smaller flower motifs frames the main pattern.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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