Border, Medium: cotton, wool Technique (2 sections): 1. complementary wefts; one continuous and one discontinuous; weft floats to pattern 2a. weft-faced plain weave, warp single; 2b. weft-faced plain weave, warp double Sides: one intact Ends: warp loops at both ends; weft-looped fringe attached, Horizontal band probably used originally as lower border of a poncho. Black wool looped fringe sewed on lower edge. Band of conventionalized bird design, running in diagonals in rose, yellow, brown wools and white cotton wefts. Warps of brown cotton. Wefts used several at a time and floated out on back
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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