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Woman's outer garment (melhafa). Burgundy cotton warp and weft with black cotton and gold lurex warp stripes and gold lurex weft stripes which form checked pattern. Black warp stripes are wider along selvedges. One selvedge is oversewn with gold lurex. Top and bottom ends of cloth are unhemmed.
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