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remnant of an attached ribbon of undyed silk
taffeta. The embroidered part consists of several
small pieces cut from bigger embroidered pieces
and sewn together. The moss-green damask of the
embroidery is woven in rep with a pattern in warp-
rib. The embroidery is executed in chain stitch of
silk in yellow, brown (red?), greenish blue, green
and possibly other colours, now faded. The pat-
tern consists of several kinds of figures. Inside
the pouch were small carbonized lumps, probably
from some fruit stone. H. about 7.5 cm. Pl. 22:1.

34:67. Small pouch made of different pieces
sewn together. At the top, folded un-
dyed silk taffeta with tying ribbon drawn through.
The centre is of red silk rep, embroidered with
chain stitch in light blue, dark blue, green, brown
and undyed silk. This part consists of three diffe-
rent pieces; two of them have probably been con-
nected and show independent but incomplete
shapes; the third has heart-shaped figures with
reversed S's between bars, and opposed C's above
the hearts. The lower part of the pouch is of green
silk rep, embroidered with chain stitch in yellow,
blue and brown. The indistinct pattern consists of
lines and a leaf. No lining.
The tying ribbon of the pouch is made of pale
green silk taffeta and held together by blue, sewn
ribbon (fragm.).
On the opposite sides of the pouch two ribbons
of green silk are attached to the embroidery.
Inside were some carbonized lumps, probably
from fruit stones. H. about 6.5 cm. Pl. 22:5.

34:68. Middle part of small silk pouch. The
same embroidered silk as in the central
part of 34:67, with heart-shaped figures. At the
top folded, at bottom gathered together with silk
thread drawn through. Present H. about 4.3 cm.
Pl. 22:4.

34:69. Small pouch made of several small
pieces of silk in various colours sewn
together. Very frayed. At the top undyed folded
rep, in the middle red, at the bottom undyed and
prune-coloured. Tied round with strips of light
green and blue silk taffeta, partly faded. Lining
of undyed rather coarse silk taffeta. The pouch is
sewn together with green, brownish-red and un-
dyed silk. H. about 9 cm. Pl. 22:2.

34:70. Contents of pouch —:69: a small
leather bag containing powder of
white lead; wrapped in wool-hairs.

34:71. Three attached fragm. of undyed cot-
ton fabric in plain weave, discoloured
to brown.

34:72. Fragm. of hemmed woollen rep, now
brown.

34:73. Two pieces of rough woollen braid.
W. 2 cm.

34:74. Fragm. of lightly fulled woollen felt,
discoloured to yellow.

34:75. Fragm. of carpet or mantle, woven in
three-leafed twill of coarse light and
dark brown hair yarn. Warp mixed greyish brown,
th. about 2.5 mm.; about 30 threads to 10 cm. Weft
th. about 3—3.5 mm. in both cases about 30 threads
to 10 cm. A stripe of brown weft at one edge of
the fragm. shows that the rug has been patterned,
probably striped.

34:76-79. Fragm. of patterned wool pile-carpet.
Fragm. with selvage from both side
borders preserved, although original W. of carpet
is indeterminable. Pattern on the whole indistinct.
Border, about 4 cm. wide, furthest out with trans-
verse stripes in dark brown, light yellow and fair-
ly bright red; within, towards the middle, 3.5 cm.
wide border of latch hooks, dark-brown on light-
brown ground. It is impossible to decide whether
the border has been broader towards the middle.
The pattern of the middle field is vague, occa-
sional angles of lozenges and checks only just di-
stinguishable. Colours diffuse, yellow, red, brown,
brownish purple and in a few places green knots
in roundels or single.
Ground fabric weft rep, alternately close and
sparse. Warp brown wool; th. 2—2.5 mm. 54—58
threads to 10 cm., in the selvage about 20 threads
to 5 cm. Weft th. about 2—2.5 mm., 5—7—11
shoots of weft=8—12 mm. w. between knot rows,
mostly greyish-yellow. At a part of 13.5 cm. pale
red wefts, next to it, between three rows of knot,
two threads in each shoot of greyish yellow weft,
otherwise one thread in each shoot.

B. GRAVE 35.
(=Single grave a).

On the eastern side of the big mesa with the first mass-grave there is a minor
mesa stretching NE—SW and measuring only 12.7×3.8 m. The top rises 9 m. above

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