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into the end of every fringe. Th. about 6 mm. L.
about 10.6 cm.
L. of warp direction excl. fringe 171.4 cm. L.
of incompl. weft direction 32.1 cm.
Near the cordlike selvage and somewhat above
the middle the mantle was gathered into three
small bags containing Ephedra twigs. Only one
of these is preserved. Pl. 26: 4 and Fig. 32.

36: 4. Footwear of raw hide, made after
about the same pattern as 5. E: 2. The
hair turned outside on the sole, otherwise turned
inside. The top and upper part in one, with only one
seam running from the opening to the front and
sideways. The tops have been tied together with one
strap at each side. The upper edge of the tops is
serrated. Into the toe are inserted three red ends
of wool and remnants of small feathers. Between
heel and arch the sole has a notch at each side.
Both soles are joined in front with a narrow piece.
The shoes seem scarcely to have been used. L. 26.5
W. 10.5 H. 18 cm. In each shoe an inner sole: a
square piece of brown lambskin with curly wool,
finished with scallop stitching of red, untwisted
woollen yarn 3—4 mm. thick. The sole in the left
shoe 11×19 cm., the one in the right shoe has one
end torn off, the edging is gone, size about 10×24
cm. Pl. 26: 6.

36: 5. Small basket, plaited of grass and
dicotyledonous roots and stems. Of the
same shape and make as those from Cemetery 5,
but decorated with net pattern. Cf. Mr. Ljungh's
analysis, Appendix II. Thick handle of brown
woollen cord. The basket is partly broken. H. 19.5
cm. Diam. about 11 cm. Pl. 26: 1.

36: 6. Basket cover of white felt. Has been
attached with white strings on top of
—: 5.

36: 7. Portion of fringe-like loin-cloth con-
sisting of braided white woollen cord,
round which alternately red and undyed white
long double-wool strands have been laid and drawn
together with a loop. Two undyed strands of wool,
each folded with one loop alternating with two
double red strands laid together. The strands of
white wool are undulated and slightly felted, th.
4 mm. The red strands are slightly felted and un-
twisted, spun thread th. 2 mm. L. of loin-cloth 40
cm., longest end of fringe 28 cm. The quality and
colour of the wool the same as 5: 148-149. Pl.
26: 5.

36: 8. Doll made of wool rags fastened on
to a small wooden peg of the same
model as Pl. 9: 2. L. of peg 94 mm.
Round and over the pin are thick strands of
light greyish brown and blackish-brown wool,

also finer strands of wine-coloured wool, all more
or less felted, th. about 3—1 mm.
The top part forms the doll's head. Around the
"face" a light greyish yellow strand of yarn, be-
hind this a wine-coloured strand. About 4.5 cm.
below the "face" the combined "neck" and "waist"
are wound round with a blackish brown coarse
folded strand with a loop holding some short
brown grass(?), fixture for girdle(?). Round a
part of the waist and hanging down between and
around strands of yarn is laid a piece of coarse
fabric of soft white wool. The woollen fabric is
in plain weave and does not recur among the
other Lop-nor finds. The warp is firmly twisted,
th. 2 mm., 3 threads to 1 cm. The weft in shoot
two threads parallel, vaguely spun; two double
threads to 1 cm.
Size, excl. hanging strands, 14 cm. Pl. 11: 2.

36: 9. Small bundle of sinew-fibres and dark
and light wool, twined two and a half
times with fulled felt, thin and fine and wound
five turns with red wool, th. 3 mm., of the same
colour and quality as the felt. L. 9 cm.

36: 10. Brown woollen string, L. 258.6 cm.
Th. 3 mm.

36: 11. Braid, two pieces of the same kind,
of white wool, th. 2 mm. Braiding
made of eleven strands of yarn over one under
one thread. W. about 1 cm. L. 28.7 and 21.1 cm.

36: 12. Human hair, dark brown, partly turned
grey.

36: 13. Tress of dark brown hair, the upper
end tightly wound round with string.
L. 61 cm.

36: 14. Small wooden comb, consisting of
eleven round teeth (one missing) in-
serted in a piece of sinew. L. 6.5 cm. Br. 6 cm.
Pl. 27: 10.

36: 15. Pin of hard wood with barrel-shaped
head decorated with four transverse
bands, each bordered by a row of small incised
triangles. L. 147 mm. L. of head 56 mm. Pl. 27: 8.

36: 16-17. Two pins of hard wood. The barrel-
shaped heads are decorated with nine
rows of small incised triangles, their points turned
upwards. The rows arranged in groups of three.
The triangles have been filled with red. L. 163
mm. L. of heads 47 mm. —: 16 Pl. 27: 7.

36: 18-20. Three wooden pins of the same kind
as —: 16—17 but with plain heads.
L. 154—134 mm. L. of heads 48 and 43 mm. —: 20
Pl. 27: 3.

36: 21. Bone pin with spool-shaped head.
Smooth surface. L. 10 cm. Pl. 27: 4.

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