sample (textiles); textile

Rectangular piece of linen textile with a rectangular shaped tongue on one side. On the long, uninterrupted, side is a line of blanket stitching, in red and yellow cotton thread. Beside this is a row of linked round shapes in red, light brown and black. At the other side of the main rectangle is a row of circular shapes, outlined in black and infilled in red and light brown. The tongue is blanket stitched in red and black. This piece is the same as 30.8.67/64 and shares the same embroidery patterns as 30.8.67/67.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
30.8.67/65
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 17.4803 x 10.2362 in.; 444 x 260 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
linen (material); cotton fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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