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A shoe made of hemp with 1/1 weft twining method. It has a round front end and low side. The hemp was trimmed along the side edge. A hemp thread, strong S twisted, was sewn to the front with some silk threads tied to the end. The sole is also twined with hemp threads. The instep has separated partly from the sole in the front. Weave structures: Warp: hemp, invisible; Twining weft: hemp, Z twisted, undyed, 14 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 weft twining method. ??,??,??,?1/1?????????,??????,???????S?????,????????,??????????,??????????,???????????????? ????: ??:?,???;??:?,Z?,??,14?/cm;??:1/1??????
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