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Boy's garment: shirt: square t-shaped shirt with a semi circle neck. Composed of three pieces of machine plain woven cotton machine sewn together and machine hemmed.The neck of the garment is lined with maroon black and white dyed cotton and a small area towards the bottom of the shirt is lined with a small patch of white and blue brocaded European cotton. The cloth has been decorated using the wax resist method producing a repeating pattern resembling geometric flowers. After the wax was applied the garment was dyed a light shade of indigo.
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