Skirt, 'pukhang', woven on a black ground with supplementary weft patterning in various colours including red white green yellow and pink. The top third of the central portion of the skirt is plain black. At each end there is a section consisting largely of red with some black stripes and patterning. The middle part of the skirt has red piping at the lower edge, the outer ends have white piping at top and bottom.
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