cache-sexe (loin cloth)

Beaded loin cloth/cache sex; large brown fish and brown plant forms on white ground; seed beads strung on brown cotton warp elements and secured by a cotton weft (placed after each row of beads); warp elements folded over lengths of cotton �string� to start the weaving�braided continuous tie ends extend beyond the beading; at bottom of weaving, groups of four and five warp ends are gathered and passed through larger glass beads; two groups of warp ends extending beyond these larger beads pass through a single cowrie shell (with its top cut off) and are knotted to hold it in place.