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Woman's head cloth composed of three distinct fabrics with each side ending with very long tassels. The middle section of black fabric is folded and partially stitched on the sides, creating a section that unfolds and expands. There is a section of dark teal fabric on one side, and a brightly coloured patterned fabric on the opposite side that has a line of silver sequins stitched on with bright pink thread. Extending from the fabric are long red and yellow tassels that are decorated with Job's tears seed pods.
Woman's wrap-around dress (kira). The dress is composed of three woven panels stitched together on the long edge to create a rectangular fabric. Each panel is finished in chain stitch in either red and dark blue or light grey-green and light brown. The centre of the textile has a beige background with evenly spaced bands of stripes. On each side there is a section of alternating solid orange and navy blue bands on an off-white ground weave. Both sides have sections of navy blue, grey, and bright orange bands in various sizes on a dark orange ground weave. One side is heavily embroidered with alternating lines of dark blue or dark blue-green and red designs including meander, stepped pyramids, diamonds, and other motifs. Fringe on the short ends.
Body wrap or body cloth. Composed of three panels stitched together on the long edge. The seams have thin black bands on either side, which come together to create two distinctive black bands. The two outer panels have vertical bands of red and black lines in various thicknesses close to the outer edge. There is horizontal embroidery of three dashed lines of red and some pink in both the upper and lower portion of the textile, creating a frame with the vertical panels of the central embroidery of repeating raised lines in the same tone as the background. The short edges have folded hems.
Blanket or body wrap. Eggplant coloured textile with five alternating horizontal bands of light purple bands or two thin lines. Shell decorations sewn on in form of a male figure and a female figure. The short ends are stitched leaving a very short fringe.
Men's shawl composed of three panels, stitched together on the long edge. There are two smaller panels, and a large panel in the middle. The centre panel has a dark black-brown centre with dark grey-brown on either side, with embroidered red squares in a grid of seven across and eight down. The side panels have a dark black-brown ground with four horizontal beige bands. The short edges have twisted fringe with knots.
Blanket woven with dyed dog hair. Composed of four small panels stitched together on the long edge. Off-white ground weave with dark grey-green dots, a mismatched column of X's, and two columns of zigzags on either side. Some of the dots have either red, blue, or pink included. Each end has bands filled with alternating zigzags of dark grey-green with colours like pink, yellow, blue, green and red. The short edges are uneven with some fringe.
Blanket or body-wrap composed of two panels stitched together on the long edge. Alternating pattern of a horizontal band with two smaller white bands on a dark grey ground weave. The bands are embroidered with repeating designs in red or black. Thin lines of white flanked by dotted lines separates the bands. There are two vertical bands, each with three red lines on a yellow zigzag ground weave. The yellow embroidery pulls on the textile resulting in uneven edges. The short edges have a folded hem.
Part of a three piece gbariye (also see 3619/1 a and c). White pants with wide waistline that taper to narrow legs; made up of strips of cloth stitched together along the long edges. Background of strips is white, with silver and dark blue stripes overtop; threads are metallic. Openwork bands, made up of repeating crosses, along lengths of strips at varying distances. Heavy dark grey embroidery around leg openings, and along lower half of outer seam. Designs are an assortment of curvilinear, circular, and geometric motifs; together they form a crown-like pattern. Seam pockets on either side of waist, along front of pants. Small opening at front centre of waistline, for fastening and tightening pants.
Part of a three piece gbariye (also see 3619/1 b-c). Sleeveless white robe with large arm openings; robe flares out underneath the arms. Robe consists of strips of cloth stitched together along the long edges. Background of strips is white, with silver and dark blue stripes overtop; threads are metallic. Openwork bands, made up of repeating crosses, along lengths of strips at varying distances. Heavy embroidery around neck opening and across chest; done in pink and grey. Circular neck opening, with split, is trimmed with wide border made up of bands of swirls; edges of border are scalloped. Three flower-like designs frame bottom edge of neck opening on front; diamond, made up of swirls, frames bottom edge of neck opening on back. Two slits cut into either side of the chest; surrounded by identical borders and flower-like designs. Interior of robe is unlined.
Beaded hide apron with straight top edge and five scalloped panels hanging along the bottom edge. Top half consists of a plain hide band, trimmed with white beading, above a larger rectangular panel; long hide ties extend from either side of band. Bottom half decorated with white beads with geometric, linear, and V-shaped motifs throughout; done in dark blue, dark green, dark yellow, red, black, and light purple beading. All scallop edges are trimmed with dark green beads. Back of apron is undecorated.