Shoulder bag of red cotton fabric decorated with wrapped threads and Job's tears seeds. Made of two woven pieces of fabric, one showing orange and green warp stripes against the red forming the sides, strap and fringe, the other forming the main side panels of the bag. The main body of the bag has been embroidered or the warp ends wrapped in dark brown/black yarns forming a slightly ridged texture. There are also bands of supplementary weft patterning, and vertical rows of pairs of seeds as well as seed rosettes at the sides. Warp ends left loose to form fringes at sides.
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