textile (function unknown); textile

Rectangular woven cream cotton textile with a diaphanous appearance. The textile is hemmed along one side. The decoration consists of supplementary warp and weft motifs and patterns in pink, blue and yellow. They create a zigzag border around panel decorated with bands of dots. At either end are 2 row just with dots. This is followed by 2 rows framing what looks like flowerheads. On the rest of the panel 3 rows of dots are between each set of 2 framing 'flowerheads'.

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