Rectangular, tabby-woven, cotton textile sewn together along the selvedges to create a cloth of greater width from 7 narrow strips. On both shorter sides the warp ends have been cut with the exception of one strip, leaving the item of clothing unfinished. Each of the red strips is divided by 2 yellow stripes. These are crossed by a band of 3 blue bands separting and framing 2 narrow red bands. These bands alternate with others consisting of 9 round small holes seemingly created by weaving sections of the warp tightly with short section of weft. The placement of the bands varies between the strips.
stage of manufacture (clothing: outerwear); textile
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