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Carter No.: 021ss

Handlist description: Pad of finest cloth

Card/Transcription No.: 021ssuu


21. Contents (cont). 53

(ss)

Pad of finest cloth, similar to last

Not unrolled.

(tt)

Large pad of fine cloth folded up, lying on bottom of box. Fringed ends. Too big for a garment. Probably a shawl. Cloth too fragile to unwrap.

Sprayed on outside with solution of celluloid in acetone.

(uu)

5 pads of cloth 12 - 14 in length, 3-5 in width. One tied round middle with thread.

May have been loin cloths. Too fragile to unwrap.

Sprayed on outside with solution of celluloid in acetone.

Card no. 021ssuu relating to Carter no. 021ss
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