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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

brown woollen yarn. Above toe-seam, edges of uppers
further joined over front of foot by buff felt gusset, covered
with orn. open-work stitching in dark brown. Round
opening of shoe thus left is stitched an upstanding band of
same brown fabric, lined with dark blue woollen fabric of
herring-bone weave, forming a sort of half-boot and appa-
rently pinned at side of ankle, where it is finished off in
fringe. Length 9¼″, gr. width (flat) 6½″.

M. Tagh. a. 0044. Quilted buff felt shoe, of same
make as M. Tagh. a. 0041. Only uppers and strip of sole
on each side remain. Small gusset inserted at top of seam
joining uppers in front. Insect-eaten. Length 11″, gr.
width (flat) 8″.

M. Tagh. a. 0045. Uppers of quilted buff felt shoe;
similar in make to M. Tagh. a. 0041, but stitching in zig-
zag rows, not scale pattern. Opening round ankle
strengthened by addition of strip of felt. Draw-string
preserved. Insect-eaten. Length 10″, gr. width (flat) 7″.

M. Tagh. a. 0046. Half of octagonal cylinder of
white chalk-like stone, broken lengthways, pierced.
Length 1¾″, diam. ⁷⁄₁₆″.

M. Tagh. a. 0047. Twigs and withered leaves of
tree.

M. Tagh. a. i. 0047. Red-brown gum (?), now crumbling
to powder. Found in Brāhmī manuscript bearing mark
M. Tagh. a. i.

M. Tagh. a. iii. 0061. Fr. of wooden document,
broken each end; showing on obv. one line, on rev. several
chars., possibly of Khar. Much effaced. 3″ × ¾″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00172. Cubical wooden die, marked in
present-day fashion with small circles in ink. Cf. M.
Tagh. i. 007; a. 0031; M. i. iii. 004. ¾″ cube.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00173. Wooden seal-case as M. Tagh.
a. 0025. Roughly cut. 2″ × ¾″ × ¾″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00174. Fr. of wooden writing-slip,
end with seal cav., slip blank and cut short to point.
3½″ × 2″ × ½″ to ⅛″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00175. Wooden stay for well-
bucket. See M. Tagh. b. 001 and Kha. ix. 0015.
Length 3½″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00176. Wooden amulet (?). Flat
oblong piece of wood with rounded ends. Groove cut in
thickness, all round edge. Once covered with dark leather,
of which plentiful remains are left on one side. String
passed twice round in groove, and knotted with ends for
attachment to necklace (?). Cf. L.A. iii. i. 001.
2⅛″ × 1⅛″ × ⅜″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00177. Fr. of silk brocade, buff with
pattern in dark green, pink, and prob. other colours now
indistinguishable. Double cloth, woven in same fashion as
M. i. viii. 0017, which it much resembles. Pattern too
fragmentary for reconstruction, but seems to have con-
sisted of elliptical cartouches perhaps containing birds,

interspaced with lozenge-shaped spots. Cf. Ch. xlviii.
001. 4″ × 2⅝″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00178. Wooden disc chipped round,
and pierced with four holes (⅛″ diam.), slightly burnished
on convex side. Strainer (?). Diam. 1″, thickness ¹⁄₁₆″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00179. Ring of white quartz (?):
Outer diam. 1¾″, inner diam. ¹⁄₁₆″, thickness ⅛″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00180. Fr. of green stone,
jade (?), similar to T. xiv. v. 007. Gr. M. 1⅜″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00181. Brown woollen cord knotted
throughout except for 2″ at each end. Length 1′ 9″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00182. Small hollow ball of silver (?),
irregular. Diam. ¼″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00183. Fr. of bronze appliqué orn.,
crescent-shaped, with stud behind. Length ⅛″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00184. Fr. of crumpled leather
stained black. 1⅛″ × ¾″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00185. Berry; black, round. Pierced
to serve as bead. Diam. ¼″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00186. Fr. of bronze rivet-plate from
buckle, as Kelpin. 0012. Elliptical with oblong slit. Orig.
three pin-holes. Broken. 1⅛″ × ¾″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00187. Bronze ring, corroded, round
in section. Diam. 1¹⁄₁₆″ × 1″, thickness ¹⁄₁₆″.

M. Tagh. a. iv. 00188. Fr. of buff woollen fabric,
loose diagonal weave. Soft and worn. 9″ × 4″.

M. Tagh. b. 001. Wooden stay for well-bucket, as
M. Tagh. a. iv. 00175. Cord knotted round centre
attaching it to loop of stouter hemp rope. See Kha. ix.
0015. Length of stay 3⅜″, length of cord and loop 10″.

M. Tagh. b. 003. Wooden comb; straight back with
rounded corners. Almost intact. H. 2¼″, width 2⅜″,
length of teeth 1⅛″, thirteen teeth to 1″.

M. Tagh. b. 004. Fr. of red woollen fabric. Much
torn; diagonal weave. Gr. M. 1′ 8″.

M. Tagh. b. 005. Part of string net. Meshes c. 1″ sq.
Gr. M. 2′ 2″.

M. Tagh. b. 006. Iron knife, much corroded, set in
wooden handle as Ka. i. 003. Length of whole 5¼″, of
handle 3⅛″; width of blade c. ⅛″.

M. Tagh. b. 007-10. Three wooden arrow-shafts and
pair of wooden pliers loosely tied together by two-
strand cord.
007. Shaft has leaf-shaped sheet of bronze, painted black,
inserted through end (split for the purpose) to take place
of feathers. Arrow bound tight with grass fibre at each
end of sheet to hold it tight and prevent further splitting.
Sheet shown by position of cord-groove to be perpendicular
during flight. Hole at other end of shaft retains iron tang
of head. This end also bound with fibre. Both ends with
binding painted black. Length 10⅛″, diam. ¹⁄₁₆″.