A long, rectangular warp ikat shoulder cloth, or mantle (a 'hinggi'), woven in two sections and hand sewn together at one selvedge (the longer side). This textile is worn by a man. It is woven with homespun singles cotton, and has four narrow bands at each end (woven as stripes), woven after the the main piece is finished, which act as a warp protector. The ends of the warps are left unfinished. The patterning consists of a central band of four four-armed patola motifs, yellow and red on a black ground. To either side of this panel is a wide band of four motifs, posibly lobsters or scorpions, worked in the same colours. The central and two outer bands are separated from each other by two narrower bands each decorated with a line of water fowl, yellow against a red ground. A similar band of water fowl appears at each end.
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