Rectangular cream-coloured loincloth(?) decorated with light brown rubbed patterns accentuated with painted dark brown slightly glossy pigment. The decoration of the textile consists of 5 rows each containing 5 rectangular fields with 2 alternating designs. On rectangle is divided by a horizontal line. Each half contains a foliate motif within a semi-circular area against a striped ground. The other rectangle is divided into triangles by crossing paired diagonals. The 2 triangles at the sides contain a foliate motif created by curved lines. The other 2 triangles contain a quatrefoil motif within a diamond-shaped field against a ground of diagonal lines.
loincloth; textile
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