Man's cotton loin length for a loin cloth.

Collection type: Object
Description: Man's cotton loin length for a loin cloth.
Long description: Man's cotton loin length for a loin cloth. Plain weave. Where field meets border, the colours interlock. The border is striped and the field is fine checked. Narrow bands at ends. Border is magenta, orange, white and black in colour. Field is green and white in colour. Bands are orange, magenta and green in colour. Made on a pit loom. [RJ 12/2/2003]
Geographical reference: Oman
Asia > Western Asia > Oman; Ash Sharqiyah Ibra
Person: Maker Sa'eed Nasser Habeeb; Field collector Gigi Crocker Jones; PRM source Gigi Crocker Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/02/1986
Date collected: 8 February 1986
Acquisition information: Donated: 2003
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Width 540 mm, Length 4120 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2003.9.164 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Textile 252

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