A girl's skirt made from cotton and likely dyed with synthetic dyes. The textile has been made by Lena Jami, alias Ina Beni Nawa. The cloth is made in 2 sections and sewn together at one selvedge; one section is the mirror image of the other. The fabric is mainly warp-faced ikat. [The patterning is described as it was woven (as stripes) rather than as worn (as bands).] The majority of the stripes are cream-coloured (undyed cotton). A main broader stripe and a solid blue-black stripe are between 2 stripe sequences in each half. The sequences at top and bottom are accentuated by coloured lines. The ones closest to the middle seam contain narrow black and white patterned stripes, known as 'raja'. The 'raja' stripe is created with a floating warp. The fact that colours are used suggests this is not a first skirt which would be black and white. ). [See original descriptions 1 & 2 for details.]
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