Amuletic cloth, bangun tulak. Resist-dyed with a white centre and dark purple main field. This is conceptually black and white, and the colour combination is to ward off evil. The cloth is to be tied to the pillar of a house to protect it and the inhabitants. It is machine-hemmed on three sides, the fourth being a selvedge.
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