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Textile; tunic with separately constructed sleeves and tapestry borders; ground cloth is cotton plain weave; tapestry bands (one along bottom of tunic and one at end of each sleeve): sewn on with whipping stitch, except for running stitch along top of bottom band. Camelid wefts with white cotton; frontal figures wearing plain crescent headdresses and earspools, with bent legs and arms held outwards; those on bottom border are oriented horizontally relative to tunic. Fringing along bottom edge and sleeve edges: separately sewn on(?); cotton plain warp/weft-faced(?) weave with warps/wefts extended to make fringe. Brown and white cotton with red, tans, cream and black wool.
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