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History Of Use

Worn around shoulders as protection from the cold and rain. In warmer weather it is folded and worn on the head, or used as a sling for carrying.

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domestic

Description

Cloth (tzute) composed of two pieces of red cloth with dark red stripes joined together with an embroidered multicoloured band (randa) at the centre, and brocaded with multicoloured geometric designs on a dark red ground. The cloth is finished with a dark red tassel at each corner.

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Probably backstrap loomed cloth made from one 37 cm wide 4-selvedge length that has been cut in half laterally and joined together to form a square. Band of decorative embroidery stitches (randa) at the seam. One side has hand-stitched hem; selvedge edges on the other three. Ground fabric woven in a warp-faced plain weave with warp stripes (pinstripes). Warp: pair of singles; weft: 4 singles. Central area of the tzute features two-faced supplementary weft patterning over 2 to 7 warps. Supplementary weft: four 2-plied threads each s-plied). The supplementary weft threads have been "raised" by the weaver to make a pile effect on the ground weave. Tassles at each corner of the tzute made from bundles of 2-plied (each s-plied) threads inserted through the corners and bound together at the top of the tassle with half-knots.