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Cloth consisting of three pieces of dark blue cotton cloth and one of white cotton cloth, sewn together lengthwise along the selvedge. The white length is decorated with red and black wool embroidery and with a black painted design; a thin dark green stripe is woven into the white end piece and narrow orange stripes are woven into the black, both lengthwise; the same colours are stitched across the width of the fabric. There is fringing on the two shorter ends. Length 1677; width 1245.
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