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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

made in the shape of the leg of a cloven-footed
beast. The flat sides have lain against one another.
A little below the middle the flat sides have some
transverse lines, and around them the wood is
blackened by fire. L. 23.5 cm. widest part 2.7 cm.
(Cf. 5. E: 5, 5. F: 7 and others). Pl. 8: 3.

5. D: 11. Large feather, thinly wound round
with reddish wool. Broken. Probably
from head-dress. L. 37 cm.

5. D: 12. Two bunches of Ephedra twigs, each
tightly wound round with yellow wool,
and joined together. The bigger bunch is also
wound round with some red and dark-brown wool.
L. 14 and 15 cm. Pl. 11: 6.

5. D: 13-14. Two bunches of cut off Ephedra twigs,
tightly wound round with brown and
yellow wool. L. 17.5 and 15 cm.

5. D: 15. Three bunches of Ephedra twigs
wound round a couple of times with
yellowish wool.

Grave 5 E.

5. E: 1. Sample of mantle with fringe. Of
brownish wool woven in weft rep. 3
cm. at fringe edge double shoots of weft in more
open weave. 10.2 cm. inwards from edge of fringe
and 17 cm. from selvage there are four shoots of
weft of red wool.
The fringe is made of wefts gathered in groups,
tightly twisted together and fastened at the lower
edge of the fabric. Loops at ends. Th. 3—5 mm.
Dist. between fringe ends 12—25 mm.
Selvage 13 mm. with two warps strengthened by a
thick cordlike edge made of groups of intertwined
wefts (cf. 5. A: 2). Th. of cord itself 7 mm. L. of
winding 8 mm.

5. E: 2. Footwear from mummy. Made of raw-
hide with the hair remaining, on the
sole turned outside, otherwise inside. A thick twist-
ed brown cord, 115 cm. long, runs through a per-
foration in the front part. On middle of instep
are remains of small plumage with red wool insert-
ed through the leather. A seam from opening to
sole on each side. L. of sole 31 cm. W. 13 cm.,
across heel 9 cm. Cf. No. 36: 4.

5. E: 3. Wooden arrow-shaft with two tufts
of feathers. Painted red and decorated
with transverse rows of small incised triangles.
Too crooked for effective use. L. 65 cm. Pl. 7: 11.

5. E: 4. Rear part of arrow-shaft of same kind
as —: 3.

5. E: 5. Wooden object of same kind as 5.
D: 10. The two halves tied together

with red wool above the "hoof" (here merely a
knob). Has been wound round near the top as well.
Near the middle the flat sides have faintly incised
transverse lines surrounded by red colour. L. 21.5
cm. Pl. 8: 4.

5. E: 6. Three kinds of woollen strings. Red,
and undyed greyish-yellow.

Grave 5 F.

5. F: 1. Small basket, neatly plaited; decorated
with oblique zig-zag bands, triangles
and horizontal bands of grass. Besides there are
two bands of three-strand braid. Has had a handle
of brown woollen string inserted through the wall.
Contained grains of wheat and dried-up millet
porridge. H. 14.5 cm. Diam. about 11 cm.

5. F: 2—3. Two arrow-shafts of tamarisk twigs,
each with two tufts of feathers. Some-
what bent. L. 77 cm. —: 2 Pl. 7: 14.

5. F: 4—5. Rear parts of two arrow-shafts of
same kind as —: 2.

5. F: 6. Thin tamarisk twig. L. 70 cm.

5. F: 7. Wooden object representing the leg of
a hoofed beast; made in two halves to
match, which are bound with string in two places.
A small bronze ring fastened in the wool wound
round near the hoof. Four transverse incisions
just above the hoof. 25×3.4 cm. Pl. 8: 5.

Grave 5 G.

5. G: 1. Small basket, neatly plaited, with the
usual design of horizontal and zig-zag
bands laid on top of the ground work of plain
twined weave. Two bands of three-strand braid.
Has had a handle of string inserted through the
wall. H. 13 cm. Diam. about 9 cm.

5. G: 2. Fragm. of basket-work, probably from
large, shallow tray-basket. Double
twined open-work. Pl. 14: 3.

5. G: 3. Long smooth peg in the form of a
straight serpent with a spool-shaped
object in its mouth. The back of the serpent is
covered with small incised rhombi filled with red
colour, forming zig-zag bands. The flat belly has
transverse lines, every second one with a row of
small pointed triangles filled with red. Just behind
the middle part a drilled hole. L. 69 cm. Diam. 1.1
cm. L. of object in mouth 15 cm. Pl. 7: 9 and
Fig. 14: 3.

5. G: 4. Fragm. of wooden arrow-shaft with
feathers attached to it with red wool.

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