cache-sexe (loin cloth)

Beaded loin cloth/cache sex; four patterned blocks separated by narrow vertical band of multi-colored beard�vertical rows of parallelograms, horizontal bands of zigzags, houses and horizontal bands of saw tooth pattern; seed beads strung on cotton warp elements and secured by a cotton weft (placed after each row of beading); warp elements folded over lengths of cotton �string� to start the weaving�continuous tie ends extend beyond the beading; one tie end 2-ply and knotted at the end, the other half as long and unplied; groups of seven warp ends gathered and passed through two larger glass beads; two groups of warp ends extending beyond the larger beads passed through a cowrie shell (with its top cut off) and knotted.