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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

5 : 142. Basket of the usual type. The pattern
is indistinct but has consisted of the
same elements as on other baskets from here,
though more varied. The bottom has a broad three-
strand braid, and on the upper part of the wall
there are three narrow ones. The handle has been
made of a string threaded through the wall. H. 16
cm. Diam. 10 cm. Pl. 14 : 1.

5 : 143. Basket of same kind as —: 142 but
with only two three-strand braids. H.
16 cm. Diam. 11 cm.

5 : 144. Small narrow basket of the usual type
with oblique zig-zag bands and two
three-strand braids. Handle of brown woollen
string H. 14 cm. Diam. 6.5 cm. Pl. 14 : 4.

5 : 145. Fragm. of basket of same kind as the
preceding ones. H. 17 cm. Diam. has
been about 12 cm.

5 : 146. Fragm. of basket of same kind as the
preceding ones, though larger. The
handle has been fastened to the wall with separate
coils. Present H. 29 cm. Pl. 13 : 2.

5 : 147. Loin-cloth in plain weave and with
fringe, of coarse unevenly twisted
greyish brown wool (camel wool?) Three cross-
stripes of fine red wool, about 2 cm. wide, made
in the weft, one in the middle, the others about
5—6 cm. from the ends.
The fringe partly torn off, consists of extended
warps at both ends and extended wefts at lower
edge of loin-cloth. L. excl. fringe 76 cm. W. about
10.5 cm. The fringe at one end 30 cm., at the other
rather uneven, longest threads 66—70 cm.; the
fringe of the lower edge 30 cm. long.
Loin-cloth open, joined only by a double knot
of the upper selvage's 8 warps, tightly twisted into
a cord. Pl. 11 : 7.

5 : 148. Loin-cloth, band-shaped, torn at both
ends. Band of fine and even, braided
wool, violet to brown. Inserted fringe consisting
alternately of narrower parts of the same yarn
as in the band and of wider and broader parts
of thick wool in light brown. W. of loin-cloth 4—5
cm. L. of preserved part 104 cm. Fringe occupies
66.5 cm. in the middle. Only two light-brown
threads of the fringe have their original length,
about 35 cm. Pl. 12 : 1 (with the extremities ex-
cluded).

5 : 149. Two fringed ends of a band-shaped
loin-cloth of same braided material as
—: 148. Each band divided into six smaller braids,
the threads of which continue in the thick strings
of undulated wool, forming the ends. Th. of wool-
len strings at fixtures about 13×8 mm. L. of

longest strings 48.7 cm. The plaiting-threads of
the bands and the strands of the fringe all in one
piece. Pl. 11 : 1.

5 : 150. Piece of large mantle of originally
yellowish-white wool. Woven in weft
rep. Warp firmly twisted, th. 1—1.9 mm. 30
threads to 10 cm. Weft looser, th. 1—2 mm. 130
threads to 10 cm. Selvage with two warps strength-
ened by cordlike edge, br. 1.2 cm., made of groups
of intertwined wefts (Cf. 5. A : 2). Th. of cord 7
mm. L. of winding 7 mm., weft stripe 2 cm.
wide = 11 shoots of weft of light wine-coloured
wool, th. 1.5—4 mm., shoot over two and under
two warps. Pl. 13 : 5.

5 : 151. Piece of mantle woven in weft rep of
undyed dark-brown wool (sheep?), in
warp partly greyish yellow, light brown (camel?).
Warp firmly twisted, th. about 1.5 mm. 50 threads
to 10 cm. Weft loosely twisted, th. 1 mm. 250
threads to 10 cm. Selvage br. 8 mm. at one side,
with two warps; weft yarn not made in one, ends
of each shoot held by the next and so on.
In brown fabric weft stripe, 2 cm. wide — 8
shoots of weft — of light brick-coloured wool,
partly faded, th. 4 mm. Shoot of weft over two
and under two warps.

5 : 152. Pieces of mantle woven in weft rep of
light yellow-white wool, fine and soft.
Two incomplete weft stripes, w. 3 cm., on top of
each other in tapestry weave of reddish brown
wool, of same quality as the preceding one. Dist.
betw. stripes 17.9 cm.
Warp brownish yellow, firmly twisted, th.
0.9—1.5 mm. 30 threads to 10 cm. Weft looser,
th. 1—1.5 mm. 160 threads to 10 cm. Placing of
red stripes on garment indefinable.

5 : 153. Pieces of mantle woven in weft rep of
undyed light brownish yellow wool,
fine and soft. Warp tightly twisted, th. 0.9—1.5
mm. 50 threads to 10 cm. Weft slightly twisted, th.
about 1.8 mm. 120 threads to 10 cm. Selvage on
two fragm. strengthened by a cordlike edge similar
to that of 5. A : 2. Th. of cord 6 mm. L. of wind-
ing 4 mm.

5 : 154. Plume from a head-dress, consisting
of five pointed pegs each with a tuft
of feathers attached to it with yellow wool. The
different plumes are kept apart by a transverse
peg bound to them with yellow wool. L. about 21
cm. Pl. 10 : 5.

5 : 155-156. Two feathered pegs, plumes from
head-dresses. L. 23 and 20 cm.

5 : 157. Large head-dress of dark, greyish-
brown felt. Five pegs stuck through

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