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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

43, 28—24 and 33 mm. —: 32 Pl. 20: 8, —: 33 Pl.
20: 7.

34: 35. Wooden spindle whorl with hemi-
spherical section. Diam. 38 mm. Th.
20 mm.

34: 36-37. Two small dried-up pouches or such-
like of leather.

34: 38. Pair of black leather shoes (shaped as
slippers). The sole sewn on to the
upper part with sandal-seam. No heels. There are
light-brown hairs still remaining on the inside of
the sole. L. 23.5 and 23 cm. W. 8 cm. Pl. 21: 8.

34: 39. Hair, probably human, dark-brown and
reddish-brown.

34: 40. a) Large piece of reddish-brown silk
rep, with an other piece of silk rep,
reddish-yellow, undyed (?) and very fine, sewn
on to it. At one end a piece of moss-green silk
damask, now faded, with some rags of another
piece of damask attached.
Ground of damask in plain weave with pattern
in warp-rib. The pattern of former piece of da-
mask consists partly of alternately repeated oblong
diamonds, partly of zig-zag lines and standing
lozenges in alternating rows. Pl. 25: 2. Selvage at
one side. The pattern of the rags, which is very
fragmentary, shows the lower part of a beast with
three legs and some line ornaments, for the most
part indistinct.
b-d) Three pieces from the same reddish-brown
and yellow silk rep as in a.

34: 41. End of sleeve, hemmed, of reddish-
brown silk rep, biased. Fragmentary.
W. about 22.5 cm.

34: 42-43. Two ribbons of reddish-brown and
brownish silk rep.

34: 44. Three sewn ribbons of silk, tied in a
ring with long ends hanging down.
The ribbons are folded and sewn with the edges
turned in. One is of green taffeta, another of red,
and a third of yellow undyed silk taffeta. The
latter has a knot at one end. Pl. 21: 6.

34: 45. Rectangular piece of striped silk rep in
green and brown, edged with reddish-
brown strips of silk taffeta. At the centre are
attached ribbons of green silk rep and bluish-
green taffeta tied together. Sewn with light green
silk. 43.5×12 cm. Pl. 20: 9.

34: 46. Portion of a large garment of partly
faded silk taffeta with stripes of
green, woven with undyed warp and alternately
undyed and green weft. Attached is a strip of
figured silk warp-rib, biased.

Ground reddish-brown, pattern blue, yellowish-
brown and yellow. The pattern is identical with
Stein 1928, Pl. XXXIV, L. C. 07a but incomplete.
It consists of four-legged beasts, scrolls and two
Chinese characters. The strip consists of two
pieces sewn together; all from the same fabric.
W. of strip about 2 cm. Pl. 23: 3.

34: 47. Fragm. of a sleeve; several pieces,
sewn together, of green, partly faded
silk damask rep with warp-rib pattern. Selvage.
Repeated pattern of alternating rectangles with
concave short sides. The points of the rectangles
touch each other. This pattern is interrupted by a
border outlined with zig-zag lines at each side
and with a cash-pattern in the middle. Between the
cash-row and zig-zag lines runs a border of lo-
zenges, the obtuse-angled corners of which are
surrounded by smaller lozenges and enclose five
dots. On the next largest piece the border is dif-
ferent, possibly with fishes, but very fragmentary
and indistinct. Pl. 25: 3.

34: 48. Large fragm. of blue silk rep with a
strip of brownish red silk taffeta
attached. Size of fragm. 33.5×24 cm. W. of strip
4.7 cm.

34: 49. Child's tunic of bluish-green silk rep,
sewn in kimono shape with biased
side seams and straight sleeves. The neck is cut
straight with half of the upstanding collar of
double undyed silk taffeta. The garment is prob-
ably torn off at bottom. Width of shoulder with
sleeves 31 cm. W. at bottom 37 cm. H. 27 cm. Pl.
21: 7.

34: 50. Kerchief of yellowish white silk taffe-
ta, darkened. The short sides hemmed.
L. 57.5 cm. W. = full w. of fabric, about 46.5 cm.

34: 51-52. Two ribbons of bluish silk rep. 40×2.3
cm. and 35×0.9 cm. —: 51 full width
of fabric 40 cm.

34: 53-64. Eighteen various fragm. of bluish
green and undyed silk taffeta and rep.

34: 65. Strip of undyed silk rep with line of
Kharoshthi writing at upper right-hand
corner. Selvage. 26.5×3.5 cm. Cf. Prof. Konow's
appendix at end of volume.

34: 66. Small pouch of moss-green embroi-
dered silk damask. The lining, of yel-
lowish silk rep, is longer than the embroidery and
folded down as far as its upper edge. About 1 cm.
from the opening of the pouch a silk thread is
drawn through. A sewn ribbon of undyed silk
taffeta holds the pouch together here; one ribbon
end complete, the other torn off. At the top a

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