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Carter No.: 050f(5)

Handlist description: Three more loin-cloths like (b), but in very bad condition

Card/Transcription No.: 050eg


50. Contents (cont.)

(e) Under (d). Two bundles of cloth too badly decayed for anything definite to be noted. No treatment.

(f) Mass of very badly decayed cloth running full length of box. These were separate cloths so interfolded that the whole mass had to be lifted out together. (1) Shawl, fringed at either end. Approx. L 2 m., W. 75 cm. Fringe 9 cm. long. (2) Similar shawl, one end fringed, other finished with a thin cord. Approx. L. 2 m., W. 1.10. No treatment. (3) Another. Approx. L. 2.50, W. 1.10. (4) Remains of at least two more shawls. (5) Three more loin-cloths like (b), but in very bad condition.

(g) Below, in middle of box, 5 rolls, 12 cm. long, 5 wide, about 12.5 in circumf. Four of these were tied round with linen thread. The fifth was opened and found to be similar to (b). The other four presumably the same. No treatment.

Card no. 050eg relating to Carter no. 050f(5)
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