A long, rectangular cotton textile with multi-coloured geometric motifs worked in discontinuous supplementary weft. (The selvedges are at the longer edges.) The warp faced ground of undyed cotton has five very narrow pink and blue stripes, most clearly seen at each end. The large central motif is made up of extended linked swastikas worked in blue and red cotton. This is flanked by large diamond motifs, each made up of four smaller diamonds. Red, pink, blue, yellow, green and orange commercial cotton yarns are used for these bands and other narrower ones.
textile (function unknown); textile
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